The Philosophical Journey, 2/e

William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi

The Search for Ultimate Reality

Overview: The Mind-Body Problem

Multiple Choice Quiz


1	A ind-body dualist would be most likely to assert which of the following claims?
		A)	We have either a mind or brain but not both.
		B)	"Mind" and "brain" are two words for the same thing.
		C)	The mind and brain are two different things.
		D)	We have only a brain.


2	Which of the positions listed below is not a version of physicalism?
		A)	interactionism
		B)	identity theory
		C)	eliminativism
		D)	reductionism


3	Interactionism suggests that which of the following statements is true?
		A)	We have both a mind and a brain, and they causally affect one another.
		B)	We have both a mind a brain, and the brain causally affects mental events, but the mind can't causally affect physical events.
		C)	We have both a mind a brain, but they don't interact since one is purely mental and one purely physical.
		D)	While we are sure we have a brain, we must remain skeptical about whether or not we have a mind.


4	The claim that talk about whether or not the mind is physical is as nonsensical as talk about whether or not elves enjoy the snow would most likely be made by
		A)	interactionists
		B)	reductionists
		C)	identity theorists
		D)	eliminativists


5	Which of the following claims would all functionalists accept?
		A)	The mind is a separate nonphysical substance.
		B)	Mental phenomena are characterized by patterns of input-processing-output.
		C)	There are no mental events.
		D)	All of the above

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