TA Question & Answer Sessions

1. TA Question & Answer Sessions • Monday, May 5, 5-6:30 pm. McBryde 224.  David & Ryan. • Monday, May 5, 6:30-8 pm.  McBryde 224. Ashley & Curtis. • Any students can go to either session.

2. Final Exam • Tuesday, May 6th, 10:05am-12:05pm, in McBryde 100. • No books or notes. • Bring your own paper. • Same format as Mid-terms.

3. Atom Democritus Lucretius Basic doctrines: No creation ex nihilo No literal annihilation All change is physical Conceptual Atomism Experimental Characteristics of atoms Primary qualities Secondary qualities Void Review for Final Exam

4. Euclidean geometry Non-Euclidean Center of universe? Is universe infinite? Downward? Absolute conception of space Relative conception Deterministic system Swerve Indeterministic Free will? Nagel, Ch. 6 Mortality of soul Nature of the gods Fear of death Review for Final Exam

5. Loss argument Symmetry argument Nagel, Ch. 9 Necessary condition Sufficient condition Same soul theory Same body theory Qualitative Indiscernibility Numerical identity Spatio-temporal continuity Psychological continuity theory Person-stage Review for Final Exam

6. 3 requirements for memory Duplication Transitivity of Identity Continuation Strengths/weaknesses of each theory Nagel, Ch 10 Absurdity Review for Final Exam

7. Consider the case in which JN’s brain is transplanted into MFB’s body. Who is the resulting person? How would this question be answered by each of the theories? How would you answer it, and why? In defending your own answer, I want you to state & consider the strongest argument you can against your position, and then respond to it as well as you can. Review for Final Exam

8. Is death something to fear? Discuss in light of the things we have studied this term. What do you think, and why? What is a deterministic system? Is our universe a deterministic system? How would this be answered by people we discussed this term? If it were, would that undermine free will? Review for Final Exam