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This set of Philosophy of Informatics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Philosophy Of Informatics Set 3

Q1 | Consciousness is:
  • subjective
  • objective
  • relative
  • universalistic
Q2 | “Human beings are immaterial minds within material bodies”. This vies is called:
  • pluralism
  • dualism
  • monism
  • parallelism
Q3 | Who is the first philosophical figure of Modern European philosophy advocated Mind-bodyDualism?
  • rene descartes
  • hume
  • spinoza
  • leibniz
Q4 | A cording to Descartes ---------------- is the basic feature of mind.
  • figure
  • solidity
  • extension
  • thought
Q5 | According to Descartes -------------------- makes mind very different from body.
  • ability to extend
  • ability to develop
  • ability to think
  • ability to execute
Q6 | Descartes argues -------------------- is necessary for self.
  • thinking
  • compounding
  • extension
  • evaluating
Q7 | According to Descartes thinking is the ------------ of self.
  • quality
  • essence
  • sign
  • result
Q8 | Descartes theory of mind body relation is known as:
  • psychophysical parallelism
  • occasionalism
  • interactionism
  • pre-established
Q9 | -------------- considered as the one of the pioneers of the view that only material bodyexists.
  • hobbes
  • descartes
  • spinoza
  • malebranche
Q10 | “We should able to explain the operations of mind in terms of the working of the body”.Who among the following proposed this view?
  • spinoza
  • descartes
  • hobbes
  • malebranche
Q11 | “We should able to explain the operations of mind in terms of the working of the body”. Thisposition is called:
  • idealism
  • materialism
  • dualism
  • skepticism
Q12 | “The process such as thought and life really nothing more than physical and chemicalprocess”. This position is called:
  • reductionism
  • inclusivenism
  • radicalism
  • none of these
Q13 | ‘States of consciousness are identical with the states of brain’. This theory is called:
  • behaviorist theory
  • reductionist theory
  • dualistic theory
  • identity
Q14 | Who is the prime proponent of Identity theory?
  • malebranche
  • j. j. c. smart
  • hobbes
  • putnam
Q15 | ‘There are no nonphysical entities and nonphysical laws’. Who said this?
  • malebranche
  • j. j. c. smart
  • hobbes
  • putnam
Q16 | ‘Experience is a brain process’. This view is related to:
  • behaviorist theory
  • reductionist theory
  • dualistic theory
  • identity
Q17 | Which among the following is an AI language?
  • ict
  • lisp
  • iflinet
  • prolet
Q18 | ‘Mental phenomena like thought cannot be identical with brain phenomena’. Who assertedthis view?
  • malebranche
  • j. j. c. smart
  • norman malcolm
  • putnam
Q19 | Who among the following is treated as the strong opponent of Identical theory?
  • malebranche
  • norman malcolm
  • hobbes
  • putnam
Q20 | According to J.J. C. Smart the identity between brain state and mental state is:
  • categorical
  • conditional
  • contingent
  • contradictory
Q21 | ----------- began as school of psychology.
  • dualism
  • behaviorism
  • reductionism
  • identity theory
Q22 | School of psychology that restricted the study of humans what can be observed is called:
  • reductionism
  • identity theory
  • epiphenomenalism
  • behaviorism
Q23 | ‘’We can explain mental activities in terms of people’s behaviours’. This position is called:
  • dualism
  • behaviorism
  • reductionism
  • identity theory
Q24 | Who among the following is a behaviorist philosopher?
  • gilbert ryle
  • g. e. moore
  • norman malcolm
  • malebranche
Q25 | For the behaviorists the mind is nothing more than:
  • behavior
  • bodily behavior
  • mental behavior
  • mental dispositions