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2. Substance Dualism is a reductive theory of the mind. True or False?

  • False
  • True

3. Descartes believes consciousness....

  • Descatres doesn't mention consciousness
  • has no need to havve an explaination as it's a basic feature of the mind
  • Does not occur
  • is a seperate entitiy from the brain, it needs to be kept healthy through reasoning (which takes part in the soul)

4. Another is the argument from....

  • Substances
  • Ideas and Concepts
  • Divisibility
  • Entities

5. Ryle believes Descartes makes, what?

  • No mistakes, Ryle is a substance dualist too!
  • A category mistake: because he thought the mind is different from someone's behaviour when in fact they are the same thing
  • A hypothetical mistake: because he assumes the implicit relationship between someone's behaviour and their actions
  • A circular argument
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