Unit 6: Optional theme — Philosophy of science
Topic 6.2: Science and the self Questions
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Why doesn't randomness (merely probable events) give you real freedom?
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True or false? Determinism and causality mean exactly the same thing.
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Fill the gap: the felt, 'what it is like' quality of an experience, from the inside, is called ______.
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True or false? Reductionism about the self says the brain has no effect on the mind.
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The minimal self is best described as:
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Reductionism about the self is the view that:
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Cognitive science studies the mind as:
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The minimal self is 'thin' because it:
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One serious objection to the narrative self is that:
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True or false? The minimal self is the detailed life-story you tell about who you are.
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What does total memory loss show about the two selves?
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The colour-blind-scientist example is meant to show that:
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Fill the gap: the ______ self is the bare, here-and-now owner of your current experience, present even without memories.
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Fill the gap: hard determinism needs laws of nature to be iron rules that ______ the future; if laws only describe it, the case loosens.
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On Hume's 'pattern' view, a law of nature is:
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