Week 2

Question 1

what are the 2 types of monism

Answer 1

physicalism and Idealism

Question 2

what is physicalism

Answer 2

everything in the universe is made up of a phytsical substanve (everything is made from atoms neurons and ions etc)

Question 3

what is idealism

Answer 3

everything in the universe is made of nonphysical substane (everything is made of ideas)

Question 4

what is monoism

Answer 4

that the mind is the body

Question 5

what is dualism

Answer 5

you belive that there are 2 substances your mind and your body (your mind is not your body)

Question 6

what are the 2 versions of dualism

Answer 6

property dualism and susbtance dualism

Question 7

where does the body and mind intereact in classical dualism

Answer 7

at the penal gland (in the middle of the body and mind or smt)

Question 8

what are the 2 kinds of things that can perform mental operations

Answer 8

physical kinds
functional kinds

Question 9

what is a physical kind

Answer 9

things taht are identifies or defined based on theri phytsical properties
eg. brain made of neurons

Question 10

what is a function kind

Answer 10

things that are identified or defiend by theri actions and functions
eg, brain and CPU both store information

Question 11

what is multiple realizablility

Answer 11

a task can be realized in many different ways

Question 12

what are the 2 ways that cognitive scientiest study the mind

Answer 12

how physical structres are related to the functions that the mind can do
specifying and describing the functions that the mind can do

Question 13

what is functionalism