In "Waterland" Swift writes and elaborate on many characters but one in particular is showing a very interesting point regarding the mental instability and the fragility ones mind can reach. The character in question is the one of Mary Metcalfe. Swift‚ in “Waterland”‚ is writing in a very mysterious way‚ he only describes people at the most important and pertinent portion of their lives and the remainder is left to the readers imagination. He also surprises the reader by censoring fundamental information
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I believe that Picard and Maddox share similarities on the materialistic view of Data’s human-like body but show many differences when I come to his mind. Picard explains to the court that Data’s attributes‚ intelligence‚ self-awareness‚ and consciousness‚ are all part of his mind. Though his brain is a materialistic computer that allows him to think like a human‚ however‚ his mind being un-materialistic allows him to be self-aware and have a consciousness like a normal human being makes him a sentient
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Jackson uses “qualia” as a main point to his deconstruction of Physicalism. Qualia are the “felt qualities” of an experience. Imagine there was a man named Yuri; Yuri has tasted pizza before. One day‚ his friend Eloisa eats pizza in front of him. When Yuri watches Eloisa eat pizza‚ he thinks that he can relate to what it is like for Eloisa to eat and taste pizza. But the truth is‚ according to Jackson‚ all that Yuri can do is remember what it was like for him and not what it is like for Eloisa. Even
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The debate between Physicalism and Anti-Physicalism has been an on going argument for a good amount of time. Physicalism is said to be the view that the all things are physical or they rely on other objects that are physical. Many philosophers who are said to be or seem to be anti-physicalists have argued against this theory. Anti-physicalists stance on the matter is that anything that pertains to the mind or the conscious cannot depend on physicality nor is physicality. Nagel has a stance on his
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he puzzle of persisting personal identity refers to the concept of how humans change over time‚ yet remain the same person. In essence‚ when something changes it becomes different‚ meaning it can no longer be the same. This puzzle is often represented by the story of Theseus Ship‚ in which a hero’s ship is preserved throughout many years by replacing dilapidated parts until finally not a single original part remains‚ however a young engineer takes it upon himself to collect the parts of the old ship
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The epistemic physicalist thesis ‘Mary’s Room’ is a theory based on knowledge that argues against physicalism that was developed by Frank Jackson. Physicalism is the view that the universe‚ including all that is mental‚ is entirely physical. The main goal of Mary’s Room theory is to try to establish that there are non-physical properties and attainable knowledge that can be discovered only though conscious experience. In this thought experiment‚ Mary is described as a very intelligent scientist who
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DIVISIBILITY ARGUMENT This paper will discuss the dualism’s Divisibility Argument. This argument relies on Leibniz’s Law and uses a different property to prove the distinctness of brain states of mental states. Mary‚ who is a materialist‚ presents several objections to that argument. Her main objection corresponds to the first/third-person approach. She believes that Dave presents that argument only from the first-person approach‚ which is introspection‚ and totally disregards the third-person
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The mind/body problem is the problem of specifying the relationship between the mind and body. Before further explanation of this issue‚ it is important to fully understand each term as it is being used throughout this paper. The mind‚ as I will call it‚ is representational of the consciousness of an individual. This is to say that the part of a person which determines will and choice‚ the experiences and sensations are collectively referred to as mind. The body‚ at times more specifically‚ the brain
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The essay will discuss about the mind and brain identity theory. This theory outlines the relationship how human mind and the brain function in attribute to neural brain processes. This theory can be said to be a version of materialism which is a type of state a materialist would consider the consciousness or human mind to be brain processes. All emotions felt by the human mind such as sadness‚ anger‚ pain‚ love can all be said to be merely a physical interpretation of a stimulus and signal of the
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Reductive physicalism is the belief that “the only objects‚ properties‚ and events in the world” are ones of a physical nature (Ravenscroft 2005: 193)‚ so everything in the world can explained by physical processes. Although this belief has become significantly more popular with the advancement of neuroscience. As Papineau highlights “we find it very difficult to absorb this lesson” (Papineau 2010: 5). One argument against this belief is the ‘philosophical zombies argument’ which purports to cause
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