Descartes, Nagel, Smart

Descartes argues that the mind is...

• A physical thing.

• An immaterial thing

• The pineal gland

• Your heart

Smart says that sensations are just

Nagel references what type of animal in his paper?

• A Lion

• A Butterfly

• A Bird

• A Bat

How does Nagel use the analogy of the bat to further his paper?

Descartes is a what?

• Substance Dualist

• Materialist

• Rationalist

• Platonist

Smart is a...

• Empiricist

• Materialist

• Idealist

• Iconoclast

Descartes cannot trust his senses because of which of the following examples?

• Madman, Dreams, Distant objects

• Evil deceiver, God, Dreams

• Madman, Evil Deceiver, Distant object

• Lightning, Evening Star, Slugabeds

Smart compares brain processes to

We can doubt about our deductive reason because of...

• Impossibility to distinguish dream and reality

• Fallacy of the senses

• Evil Genius

• All of them

The existence of God warrants ...

• The existence of the mind

• The existence of the soul

• The clarity and distinction of our ideas

• All are right