Which is a theory of identity across time

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1. Which is a theory of identity across time?
a. Mind-Body Identity
b. Functional - teleology
c. Second Wave
d. None of the above

2. TRUE or FALSE: Descartes was a feminist philosopher

3. From whom or where did the following theses come? Choose from the list below:
a. There is no way for an immaterial mind to connect with a material body

b. The media presents images, stereotypes and expectations that serve to make young men inclined toward violence in order to appear manly

c. Oppression is a group of systemic social issues, rather than one of a tyrannical individual or group of individuals
Young

d. A computer that functions like Watson might have a mind
Turing

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4. Which social movement/event occurred simultaneously with first wave feminism?
a. The Vietnam War
b. World War I
c. Civil Rights Movement
d. Abolitionist/Emancipation Movement

5. TRUE or FALSE: One of the central features of the second wave of feminism was the development of certain types of language

6. TRUE or FALSE: Philosophers are most interested in quantitative identity

7. Which group is least likely to experience exploitation?
a. Persons with financial wealth
b. Women
c. Queer or gay individuals
d. Latinos

8. Which is not a demonstration of the mind-brain correlation?
a. Experiencing on-going consciousness after death
b. Taking medication for depression
c. Someone smelling roses while having brain surgery, even when there are none present
d. Phineas Gage's story

9. TRUE or FALSE: To be privileged always means that you are active in creating someone else's oppression

10. In the filmEye of the Beholder, there were several social groups. Describe two and indicate which was the privileged group. Give a brief explanation.

11. If the correct theory of identity across time for objects is a haecceity, is the ship of Theseus the same ship when it returns? Explain.

12. Pick two of the Five Faces of Oppression and give a brief description and an example of each

13. Give an explanation of what Descartes thinks the mind is and how it interacts with the body

14. What is Ockham's Razor? Which argument uses it and why?

It is an argument of simplicity that the simplest explanation is the best one. For example, that the mind and the brain are identical (reduces complexity).

15. What sort of thing is possibly minded? Give an example and a brief explanation why that thing might be minded. Explain a theory that supports your position.
A computer playing chess might be possibly minded because it almost can think like a mind.

16. A theory that isn't well accepted in philosophy of mind is Ownership theory. Describe the theory and explain why it is dismissed.Use examples

17. EXTRA CREDIT
a. Explain what it is for something to be justified

b. Can an argument be valid without being sound? Explain
No because an argument is sound if and only if it is valid. Therefore, it cannot be sound without being valid.

b. Create a sentence (that makes sense) with at least 2 of the WOTDs.
If alluvium is élan, dilettante is not élan. Aluvvium is élan so dilettante is not élan.

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