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T/F: Functionalism posits the existence of an immaterial substance.
False
Cartesian dualism posits
a body and a mind.
Descartes believed that interaction between body and mind took place in
the pineal gland.
Descartes says that the mind is distinct from the body and
can exist without the body.
The existence of a form of mental illness known as multiple personality disorder seems to suggest that
the mind is divisible.
The theory that says mental states are nothing but brain states is known as
identity theory.
The view that we consist of two distinct substances (body and mind) and that these two interact is known as
substance dualism.
T/F: Descartes believes that consciousness must reside in the heart.
False
T/F: Qualitative content is a problem for functionalism.
True
T/F: Nagel believes that knowledge of what it is like to be a bat can be acquired through scientific investigation.
False
According to Fodor, in the functionalist view the psychology of a system depends not on the stuff it is made of but on
how the stuff is put together.
According to Searle, the appropriately programmed computer
cannot have cognitive states.
Block's Chinese brain argument is meant to show that functionalism
is false
Searle argues that the Chinese room thought experiment shows that
the claims of strong AI are not plausible.
Searle asserts that no computer program by itself, however sophisticated, is sufficient for
intentionality