Philosophy of mind

What is the Philosophy of Mind?

• The study of the nature of reality

• The study of consciousness, the mind, and mental states

• The theory of the origin of the Universe

• The analysis of physical laws

Which philosophical theory argues that the mind and body are two separate substances?

• Materialism

• Dualism

• Idealism

• Realism

Who is the philosopher that founded the concept of Dualism in the Philosophy of Mind?

• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

• Immanuel Kant

• René Descartes

• Friedrich Nietzsche

What does materialism (or physicalism) assert about the mind?

• The mind is separate from the body

• The mind is a product of the brain's neural activity

• The mind is a non-physical substance

• Reality is a creation of the mind

According to idealism, what is the nature of reality?

• Reality exists independently of the mind

• Reality is a creation of the mind, only existing as it is perceived

• Reality is determined by physical laws

• Reality is an illusion

Who argued that everything we experience exists only in our minds and nothing exists without being perceived?

• John Locke

• René Descartes

• George Berkeley

• David Hume

What does Cartesian Dualism claim about the mind?

• The mind and body are the same substance

• The mind is physical, and the body is non-physical

• The mind is non-physical, and the body is physical

• The mind is a combination of the body and soul