PHI-2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Occasionalism, Mental Substance
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Bring two blue books (exam books) to the exam. These are available in the student book store. Three of the following questions will appear on the exam tuesday, march 7th: both descartes and locke believed in the possibility that one could survive one"s bodily death, but not for the same reasons. Who"s reasoning do you think is better on this issue. Why: explain the interaction problem for cartesian mind-body dualism (see princess. Explain: in the second meditation descartes argues we do not perceive the wax itself with the senses but rather with the pure intellect/mind. Explain why locke"s account of motivation appears better able to explain incontinent actions. Explain why it has a problem explaining continent actions: locke"s view of the nature of substance is different from descartes.
