Unit 1: Core theme — Being human
Topic 1.3: Consciousness Questions
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True or false? Consciousness, in this topic, means there's something it is like to be you from the inside — not just being awake.
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True or false? 'Intentionality' means the mind is always directed AT something — not that you do things 'on purpose'.
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Chalmers' 'hard problem' of consciousness is:
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The 'interaction problem' is a difficulty for dualism because:
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A 'philosophical zombie' is used by the sceptic to argue that:
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True or false? On dualism you are TWO things (body + non-physical mind); on physicalism you are ONE (just a body).
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'Folk psychology', in Churchland's sense, means:
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The 'problem of other minds' is the difficulty of:
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In Mary's room, the point of her first seeing red is that:
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The argument from analogy concludes others are conscious because:
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Why is other minds a 'problem' at all?
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A good slogan for phenomenology's key claim is:
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True or false? You only ever observe other people's behaviour, never their inner feel directly.
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The mind–body problem asks whether a person is:
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Eliminative materialism (Churchland) is the view that:
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Pairing phenomenology with Advaita is useful because:
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In philosophy, 'consciousness' most precisely means:
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The standard 'ability' reply to Mary's room says she gains:
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The 'intentionality' of consciousness means that:
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