PHIL288 Introduction to Cognitive Science Test Study Guide
Be able to identify, define and distinguish:
Dualism
Associationism
Behaviorism
Functionalism
Computationalism
-Dualism and Causal Objections
-What are the objections that Elizabeth raises against Dualism?
-How does Descartes respond?
-From a causal and scientific point of view, what is the difficulty in treating the mind as an
immaterial substance (draw on any sources from the course you would like to make this
argument).
-Ryle’s Objections to Descartes
-What are category mistakes?
-In what way does Cartesian Dualism make a category mistake?
