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LG: summarise the mind-versus-body problem with reference to the Greek physician Claudius Galen and the French philosopher René Descartes

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3.1 : THE MIND-VERSUS-BODY PROBLEM

Question 1 of 7

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Which option best defines the mind-versus-body problem?

Select one of the following:

  • The problem of whether the mind is the brain, or if they are different

  • The problem of explaining how a body is connected to and interacts with whose mind it is/The problem of explaining how a mind is connected to and interacts with whose body it is

  • The mind is purely physical (the brain)

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Question 2 of 7

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Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

Physical Phenomena are things that and

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Question 3 of 7

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Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

Mental Phenomena are and

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Question 4 of 7

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Monism is a doctrine which maintains either that there is ( ultimately one only thing, a superior mind ) or ( only one kind of thing (body or mind), nothing at all. )

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Question 5 of 7

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Materialistic monism is the belief that humans are only made up of physical matter

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 6 of 7

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Dualism is the belief that itself is comprised of (, or )

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    reality
    the mind
    the body
    sensation
    two distinct substances
    two theories
    twenty-two parts
    forty-five parts
    body and mind
    motor input
    movement and sensation
    physical and non-physical
    mental input
    realness

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Question 7 of 7

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What did Rene Descarte believe about the m-v-b problem?

Select one of the following:

  • We are out body, and the mind is purely physical

  • Monism is superior over dualism

  • We are a mind, and the body drives our soul

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