Thought experiments
The thought experiment developed by John Searle to cast doubt on computational theories of mind
What is the Chinese Room thought experiment
The skeptical scenario that Descartes takes most seriously in the Meditations
What is the Evil Demon hypothesis
The central problem in the philosophy of mind
What is the mind-body problem
A type of reasoning where the conclusion is likely to be true given the truth of the premises
What is inductive reasoning
The philosopher who argued that the external world (and material objects) do not exist
Who is George Berkeley
The thought experiment used by Descartes to argue for the distinction between the mind and body
What is the mirror thought experiment
According to Descartes, knowledge requires ________
What is certainty
The view which states there are fundamentally two different kinds of substances in the world
What is substance dualism
Astrology, homeopathy, and young earth creationism are all examples of ______________
Pseudoscience
The philosopher who developed the problem of induction
Who is David Hume
The thought experiment used by Frank Jackson to challenge physicalism
A skeptical challenge directed towards knowledge of the past, future, and unobserved objects
What is the problem of induction
The argument that Descartes develops to demonstrate that the mind and body are distinct
The conceivability argument
When virtually all scientists agree about a given issue
Scientific consensus
The philosopher who argues that many puzzles of the mind commit category mistakes
Who is Gilbert Ryle
The thought experiment used by Wittgenstein to challenge our knowledge of other minds
What is the beetle in the box thought experiment
The first skeptical scenario that Descartes considers in Meditations 1
What is the madman scenario
The view which states that mental states are real but causally inefficacious
9/11 demolitions theories and the moon landing hoax are both instances of ________ conspiracy theories
What is a grand conspiracy theory
The philosophers who defended the identity theory of mind (2)
Who is JJC Smart and David Armstrong
Ned Block's challenge to functionalism
What is the Chinese Nation thought experiment
An argument or piece of evidence that undermines a belief
What is a defeater
The possibility that octopuses and Martians may experience pain while having fundamentally different kinds of brains
What is multiple realization
The view which states that science makes frequent use of inductive inferences
What is inductivism
The philosopher who rejects the idea that living in the matrix would lead to skepticism
Who is David Chalmers