Unit 1: Core theme — Being human
Topic 1.3: Consciousness Questions
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Pairing phenomenology with Advaita is useful because:
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Physicalism about the mind claims that:
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Phenomenology studies consciousness by:
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In Mary's room, the point of her first seeing red is that:
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The 'problem of other minds' is the difficulty of:
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In philosophy, 'consciousness' most precisely means:
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'Qualia' are best described as:
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The 'intentionality' of consciousness means that:
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Nagel's 'what is it like to be a bat?' is meant to show that:
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On Descartes' dualism, the mind is:
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The standard 'ability' reply to Mary's room says she gains:
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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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The 'interaction problem' is a difficulty for dualism because:
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In Advaita Vedanta, 'witness-consciousness' (sākṣī) is:
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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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Descartes argues mind and body are two things because:
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Eliminative materialism (Churchland) is the view that:
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Churchland and Chalmers disagree mainly about whether:
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'Folk psychology', in Churchland's sense, means:
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The argument from analogy concludes others are conscious because:
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