Which of the below explains the meaning of "mental properties supervene on the physical"

mental states can change iff the physical changes

According to PD, mental states are

non-physical and do not supervene on the physical

Mary gains acquaintance knowledge can be illustrated with

meeting someone you knowing everything about for the first time

For Dennett, imagining zombies is like trying to imagine...

health without functioning organs

Which is a REPLY TO the criticism that Mary gains no new propositional knowledge of red?

She gains new propositional knowledge of other people

Which of the following is an example of propositional knowledge

Information gained from a user's manual

A further criticism with zombies is

conceivability doesn't entail possibility

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1
Which of the below explains the meaning of "mental properties supervene on the physical"
Mental and physical states are correlated
If the physical changes, the mental cannot change
If mental state changes, there may be an underlying physical change
mental states can change iff the physical changes
2
According to PD, mental states are
non-physical and do not supervene on the physical
physical
intentional states
distinct substances
3
Arguably, the "ability" to see red is reducible to
conceiving of red
reading a book with all physical facts
acquaintance with red
imagining / recognising red
4
If the KA is to succeed, we must show that Mary gains
acquaintance knowledge
propositional knowledge
ability knowledge
no new knowledge
5
Which of the following would NOT be cited as evidence in favour of PD
Correlation between mental and brain states
Qualia
Outer body experiences
Evolution
6
Who suggests the knowledge argument?
Jackson
Leibniz
Descartes
Chalmers
7
Mary gains acquaintance knowledge can be illustrated with
distinction between meaning and reference
meeting someone you knowing everything about for the first time
none of the above
riding a bike
8
Objectors to the KA will argue that it commits the...
none of the these
masked man fallacy
fallacy of equivocation
genetic fallacy
9
For Dennett, imagining zombies is like trying to imagine...
a 92 degrees right-angle
a 5-sided square
running as a non-physical state
health without functioning organs
10
How many fundamental types of substance are there according to property dualism?
Two
Three
One
Four
11
How many fundamental types of property are there according to property dualism?
Four
Two
One
Three
12
The knowledge argument chiefly concerns
mental causation
infallibility
qualia
intentionality
13
Which is a REPLY TO the criticism that Mary gains no new propositional knowledge of red?
She gains acquaintance knowledge of red
She gains ability knowledge of other people
She gains ability knowledge of red
She gains new propositional knowledge of other people
14
Which of the following is an example of propositional knowledge
Knowing the feeling of riding a bike
Seeing a celebrity (whom you know everything about) up close
Experiencing the technique needed to swim
Information gained from a user's manual
15
Which of these, if true, is a problem for the zombies argument
zombies don't exist
zombies are not conceivable
zombies are conceivable
zombies behave like humans
16
One reply to the KA is to point out the difference between
concepts and properties
metaphysical and logical possibility
intentionality and qualia
mind and brain
17
Who suggests the zombie argument?
Chalmers
Jackson
Block
Putnam
18
A further criticism with zombies is
interactionism
it violates causal closure principle
there would be nothing going on inside zombies
conceivability doesn't entail possibility
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Which of these is NOT a kind of knowledge in philosophy
Intentional
Propositional
Acquaintance
Ability

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