Genuine & False Memories – Philosophy
In this Philosophy lesson, we discuss genuine & false memories.
Locke believes that he is identical to a person who saw the River Thames flood last year because
he has the same soul as that person
others have told him so
he has the same consciousness as a person who saw it overflow – Correct
he saw himself in an old photo
it makes him feel good to believe it
Butler argued that there is a difference between genuine memories and false memories.. Real memories recall things that really happened to you and false memories do not.. He thought this is a problem for the Psychological Criterion of the self because
the Psychological Criterion proposes that the test for someone’s being you is genuine memory, but the test for being something’s being a genuine memory is that it really happened to you – Correct
you can’t tell the difference between genuine memories and false memories
of the shopping mall experiment
people are just too forgetful
psychologists have proven that it is really easy to instill false memories
Phineas Gage lost
his tamping iron
his memories
his personality – Correct
his lunch
his arm
According to the Bundle Theory,
we are creatures of pure intellect and reason
there is no true continuity of the self through time, just a kind of pragmatic identification – Correct
you are an unchanging soul
every part of you works in unison with every other part
Buddhism is wrong about the nature of self
If the Bundle Theory is right, then you are like
a number, a property, or a proposition
the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
earth, wind, and fire
blood, sweat, and tears
a sports team, an army, or a rock band – Correct
True or false? According to Behaviorism, terms like “pain” or “happy” or “blue” do NOT refer to any inner mental states. In fact, there aren’t really any “mental” states at all.
True -Correct
False
True or false? One objection to behaviorism is that there is NO difference between saying and asserting something.
True
False – Correct
According to mind-brain identity theory a mental state like “seeing something blue,” is______.
a nonphysical state that is separable from the body
a collection of behaviors like saying “that object is blue” and pointing toward the sky when asked for an example of something blue
a pattern of neural activity in the visual cortex – Correct
part of an elaborate bit of software that runs in your brain
According to Hales, which of the following are objections to mind-brain identity theory. This is a multiple select problem with one or more correct answers. Select all that apply.
The subjectivity of experience – Correct
Emotions wouldn’t be possible
Multiple realizability – Correct
The problem of other minds
There can be mental states without behavior
True or false? Bees and humans see the color “yellow” in the same way.
True
False – Correct
Kagan adopts the deprivation account of death. This is the view that what is centrally bad about death is that it deprives you of the goods of life you might otherwise be getting had you not died.
True
False
According to Kagan, the value of immortality does not logically follow from the deprivation account of death.
True – Correct
False
Kagan thinks the question of whether the value of immortality logically and necessarily follows from the deprivation account of death determines whether it would in fact be good if we were immortal.
True
False – Correct
The philosopher Bernard Williams thought that no kind of life would be desirable and attractive forever because
He feared punishment in the afterlife
He had a bad attitude
He likes singing Psalms
Every kind of life lived forever would become tedious and worse – Correct
According to Kagan, if we decide immortality is a bad thing, then it is good that we each die exactly when we do.
True
False – Correct
Kagan does not think periodic memory loss would make immortality desirable because
Because without memories the person who survives a thousand years later will be completely unlike how he is currently
Because without his memories he wouldn’t be the same person – Correct
Because he would rather be lobotomized
Memory loss is inherently bad