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Phil 7: Introduction to Philosophy of Mind Michael Rescorla Fall 2023 Final Exam Review Sheet The exam will occur at 3 p.m. on Monday, December 11. You should plan on spending approximately three hours to complete the exam. No one will be admitted into the exam room after 3:30 p.m. Your goal in the final is to demonstrate that you have understood the philosophical doctrines discussed in the course, as well as the arguments for and against those doctrines. As in your two papers and the midterm, you should strive to explain all relevant philosophical concepts and ideas from scratch, as if trying to convey them to someone not previously familiar with them. Whenever appropriate, you should expound any relevant philosophical arguments as clearly, rigorously, and convincingly as possible. Be sure to bring several blue books to the exam room. The exam will consist of approximately ten mini-essay questions. Here are some examples of what these questions will look like. Not all of these examples will necessarily appear on the exam. (1) What is idealism? Explain why idealism is a counterintuitive position. How did Berkeley invoke God in order to defend his version of idealism? (2) What is the argument from doubt? Explain how the argument involves an illegitimate use of Leibniz’s law. (3) What is interactionism? What is epiphenomenalism? Explain why interactionism is extremely plausible, while epiphenomenalism is extremely implausible. Then explain the doctrine of pre- established harmony, and evaluate whether this doctrine helps epiphenomenalism appear more plausible. (4) Many contemporary philosophers argue that dualism leads almost inevitably to epiphenomenalism. Explain this argument as convincingly as you can. How compelling do you find the argument? (5) What does it mean to claim that the mental supervenes upon the physical? How does the inverted spectrum pose a difficulty for the thesis that the mental supervenes upon the physical? Here are some additional concepts you should be sure to master: valid argument invalid argument modus ponens the dreaming argument three levels of skeptical doubt about the external world Pascal’s wager

epistemic vs. practical reasons the experience machine Cogito, ergo sum the ontological argument God no deceiver skepticism about other minds three levels of skeptical doubt about other minds behaviorism super-Spartans metaphysics epistemology Cartesian dualism conceivability metaphysical possibility the conceivability argument the amnesia argument Arnauld’s triangle the continuity of nature objection causal overdetermination occasionalism pre-established harmony materialism monism what it is like the Mary argument the Turing test Blockhead the computational theory of mind the Chinese room the systems reply the robot reply

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