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The Mind-Body Problem

The Mind-Body Problem. Unit 1: What is a Person? Mr. DeZilva Grade 11 Philosophy. What is the Mind-Body Problem?. The problem examines the correlation between mind and matter , reason and experience , empiricism and rationalism. Cognition.

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The Mind-Body Problem

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  1. The Mind-Body Problem Unit 1: What is a Person?Mr. DeZilvaGrade 11 Philosophy

  2. What is the Mind-Body Problem? • The problem examines the correlation between mind and matter, reason and experience, empiricism and rationalism

  3. Cognition • What is Cognition? The scientific study of how the human mind processes information • Cognitive Psychology A branch of psychology, which seeks to answer questions like “what is thought?” and “how can we be certain of knowledge?”Cognition can also develop into Metacognition: “Thinking about Thinking.”

  4. The Mind-Body Problem • The Purple Elephant: Activity:“Whatever you do, do NOT think of a purple elephant”Discovery

  5. Can we Know without doing or Experiencing?

  6. BATTLE: Mind versus Matter

  7. The Big Questions • How are Physical Events and Mental Events Related? Examples? • Discuss • Another Big Question: Is it possible to think of something not experienced with the senses? • Discuss

  8. Some Key Media to Consider • Memento (Directed by Christopher Nolan) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=XlV4ym68v7o • The Matrix (Directed by The Wachowskis) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmEPXXJ4sKw • Inception (Directed by Christopher Nolan) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0hFBIusd3Y • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Directed by Michel Gondry) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quuMv7cGUn0 • The Bourne Identity (Created by Robert Ludlum) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tqK_3mKQUw

  9. Quick Short Assignment • - Refer to Handout

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