Philosophy 101 True or False 1.The argument from irreducibility claims that qual
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Philosophy 101
True or False
1.The argument from irreducibility claims that qualia cannot be better explained by reducing them to brain states, even if it can be shown that there is a correlation between brain states and mental states.
2. According to materialism, “thoughts” and “feelings” are concepts that belong to an elaborate “folk psychology,” which grew up around our inability to explain the role of the brain in consciousness more precisely.'
3. “Multiple realizability” poses a problem for reductionism.
4. The mind-body problem refers to the fact that no one can explain how an immaterial mind might interact with an material body.
5. Descartes used the “principle of the identity of indiscernibles” to argue for the distinctness of mind and body in the following way: the mind, Descartes held, is finite, extended, and material, while the body is infinite, unextended and immaterial
Explanation / Answer
1) True: Brain and mental status are always correlated.
2) False: According to materialism, “thoughts” and “feelings” are concepts that belong to an elaborate “folk psychology,” which grew up around our ability to explain the role of the brain in consciousness more precisely.'
3) True: According to the statistics “Multiple realizability” poses a problem for reductionism.
4) False: The mind-body problem refers to the fact that one can explain how an immaterial mind might interact with an material body
5) False: Given sequence of mind and body with respect to finite, extended and material is not true.