Question 1

Which of the following best describes a "discrete state machine"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Machines that operate by levers or switches 
B)  Machines that move by sudden jumps from one definite state to another 
C)  Machines that mimic the functioning of a human brain 
D)  Machines with definite outputs 
A)  Machines that operate by levers or switches 
B)  Machines that move by sudden jumps from one definite state to another 
C)  Machines that mimic the functioning of a human brain 
D)  Machines with definite outputs

Question 2

According to Frankfurt, the unwilling addict is a kind of wanton.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Parfit holds that the "problem cases" for personal identity . . .

Accepted Answer

A)  Aren't realistic, so shouldn't inform our theories of personal identity 
B)  Require us to find a definite conception of personal identity 
C)  Push our conception of personal identity to its limits 
D)  Don't actually present a problem 
A)  Aren't realistic, so shouldn't inform our theories of personal identity 
B)  Require us to find a definite conception of personal identity 
C)  Push our conception of personal identity to its limits 
D)  Don't actually present a problem

Question 4

Armstrong considers the worry that his view fails to do justice to our third-personal experience of behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following isn't a part Turing ascribes to digital computers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Store 
B)  Executive unit 
C)  Control 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Store 
B)  Executive unit 
C)  Control 
D)  None of the above

Question 6

Fischer holds that the connection between reasons and actions is _______ than that between knowledge and belief.

Accepted Answer

A)  Looser 
B)  Tighter 
C)  Different 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Looser 
B)  Tighter 
C)  Different 
D)  None of the above

Question 7

What is a reductionist account of personal identity?

Accepted Answer

A)  An account that analyzes personal identity in terms that make no reference to that concept 
B)  An account that makes it very easy for one to understand that concept 
C)  An account that gives us insight into the concept of personal identity 
D)  An account that accounts for personal identity without referring to bodily continuity 
A)  An account that analyzes personal identity in terms that make no reference to that concept 
B)  An account that makes it very easy for one to understand that concept 
C)  An account that gives us insight into the concept of personal identity 
D)  An account that accounts for personal identity without referring to bodily continuity

Question 8

According to David Lewis and Laurence Nemirow, why doesn't Mary learn something upon her release?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because she already could imagine what color was 
B)  Because she simply acquires an imaginative ability 
C)  Because she already had the experience of color in her confinement 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Because she already could imagine what color was 
B)  Because she simply acquires an imaginative ability 
C)  Because she already had the experience of color in her confinement 
D)  None of the above

Question 9

For Chisholm, there is a significant difference between a belief or desire causing an action and another person causing someone's action.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Wantons cannot possess or employ rational faculties of a higher order.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Why does Searle think we often attribute intentionality to machines?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because they demonstrate genuine intentionality 
B)  Because they have intentional outputs 
C)  We extend our own intentionality to them 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Because they demonstrate genuine intentionality 
B)  Because they have intentional outputs 
C)  We extend our own intentionality to them 
D)  None of the above

Question 12

How does Armstrong propose we conceive of the mind?

Accepted Answer

A)  A so-called "ghost in the machine" 
B)  As outward behavior 
C)  A disposition to behave in certain ways 
D)  An inner principle identified with outward behavior 
A)  A so-called "ghost in the machine" 
B)  As outward behavior 
C)  A disposition to behave in certain ways 
D)  An inner principle identified with outward behavior

Question 13

For Velleman, the illusion of the passage of time causes us to have the illusion of an enduring self.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What is the "mathematical objection" to Turing's position?

Accepted Answer

A)  Logical systems, like machines, are limited in certain ways 
B)  Machines will never be able to feel things 
C)  Machines can never learn 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Logical systems, like machines, are limited in certain ways 
B)  Machines will never be able to feel things 
C)  Machines can never learn 
D)  None of the above

Question 15

According to Fischer, "mesh" theories of responsibility are problematic because they're historical.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Zhuangzi focuses on the ideas of spontaneity and transformation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

For Frankfurt, freedom of the will requires . . .

Accepted Answer

A)  That one has second-order volitions about one's first-order desires. 
B)  That one is a wanton. 
C)  That one's evaluational system overlap, at least partly, with one's motivational system. 
D)  That one act according to her first-order volitions. 
A)  That one has second-order volitions about one's first-order desires. 
B)  That one is a wanton. 
C)  That one's evaluational system overlap, at least partly, with one's motivational system. 
D)  That one act according to her first-order volitions.

Question 18

Parfit is hostile to Buddhist views.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

For Fischer, a mechanism is only relevant to moral responsibility ascription if it is . . .

Accepted Answer

A)  It is temporally extrinsic 
B)  It is nonrelational 
C)  It is relational 
D)  None of the above 
A)  It is temporally extrinsic 
B)  It is nonrelational 
C)  It is relational 
D)  None of the above

Question 20

Which of the following isn't a way a mechanism can fail during the alternative-sequence, for Fischer?

Accepted Answer

A)  Failure of receptivity 
B)  Failure of reactivity 
C)  Impotence 
D)  Failure of reasonableness 
A)  Failure of receptivity 
B)  Failure of reactivity 
C)  Impotence 
D)  Failure of reasonableness

Which of the following best describes a "discrete state machine"?

According to Frankfurt, the unwilling addict is a kind of wanton.

Parfit holds that the "problem cases" for personal identity . . .

Armstrong considers the worry that his view fails to do justice to our third-personal experience of behavior.

Which of the following isn't a part Turing ascribes to digital computers?

Fischer holds that the connection between reasons and actions is _______ than that between knowledge and belief.

What is a reductionist account of personal identity?

According to David Lewis and Laurence Nemirow, why doesn't Mary learn something upon her release?

For Chisholm, there is a significant difference between a belief or desire causing an action and another person causing someone's action.

Wantons cannot possess or employ rational faculties of a higher order.

Why does Searle think we often attribute intentionality to machines?

How does Armstrong propose we conceive of the mind?

For Velleman, the illusion of the passage of time causes us to have the illusion of an enduring self.

What is the "mathematical objection" to Turing's position?

According to Fischer, "mesh" theories of responsibility are problematic because they're historical.

The Zhuangzi focuses on the ideas of spontaneity and transformation.

For Frankfurt, freedom of the will requires . . .

Parfit is hostile to Buddhist views.

For Fischer, a mechanism is only relevant to moral responsibility ascription if it is . . .

Which of the following isn't a way a mechanism can fail during the alternative-sequence, for Fischer?

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Exam 4: Minds, Bodies, and Persons

Which of the following best describes a "discrete state machine"?

According to Frankfurt, the unwilling addict is a kind of wanton.

Parfit holds that the "problem cases" for personal identity . . .

Armstrong considers the worry that his view fails to do justice to our third-personal experience of behavior.

Which of the following isn't a part Turing ascribes to digital computers?

Fischer holds that the connection between reasons and actions is _______ than that between knowledge and belief.

What is a reductionist account of personal identity?

According to David Lewis and Laurence Nemirow, why doesn't Mary learn something upon her release?

For Chisholm, there is a significant difference between a belief or desire causing an action and another person causing someone's action.

Wantons cannot possess or employ rational faculties of a higher order.

Why does Searle think we often attribute intentionality to machines?

How does Armstrong propose we conceive of the mind?

For Velleman, the illusion of the passage of time causes us to have the illusion of an enduring self.

What is the "mathematical objection" to Turing's position?

According to Fischer, "mesh" theories of responsibility are problematic because they're historical.

The Zhuangzi focuses on the ideas of spontaneity and transformation.

For Frankfurt, freedom of the will requires . . .

Parfit is hostile to Buddhist views.

For Fischer, a mechanism is only relevant to moral responsibility ascription if it is . . .

Which of the following isn't a way a mechanism can fail during the alternative-sequence, for Fischer?

Philosophy

God and Evil

Knowledge and Reality

Ethics and Society

Existential Issues

Filters