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This set of Philosophy of Informatics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Philosophy Of Informatics Set 4

Q1 | Who among the following is considered as a strong critic of Behaviorism?
  • spinoza
  • gilbert ryle
  • hegel
  • hilary putnam
Q2 | Behaviorism says that all feelings are external behavior that others can:
  • understand
  • observe
  • predict
  • infer
Q3 | -------------- reduces mind to behavior.
  • behaviorism
  • reductionism
  • materialism
  • functionalism
Q4 | Who among the following is the proponent of Functionalism?
  • d. m. armstrong
  • gilbert ryle
  • hegel
  • hilary putnam
Q5 | ‘We should explain mental activities and mental states in terms of perpetual inputs andbehavioral outputs’. This view is called:
  • behaviorism
  • reductionism
  • materialism
  • functionalism
Q6 | --------------------- claims that all conscious mental states has the connections between senseinputs and behavior outputs.
  • behaviorism
  • reductionism
  • materialism
  • functionalism
Q7 | ----------------- agree that a person’s intention can be explained in terms of the person’sdesires and beliefs.
  • materialists
  • dualists
  • functionalists
  • behaviourists
Q8 | According to functionalists all mental states ultimately are to be explained in terms of therole play linking our ----------------- to our external behavior.
  • internal stimulation
  • sensory stimulation
  • stimulation
  • none of these
Q9 | Functionalism says that if two people have exactly the same inputs and give exactly thesame outputs, those two people have ------------------------------- .
  • exactly same inner mental state
  • different mental state
  • relative mental state
Q10 | Critics argues that Functionalism leaves out the -------------------------.
  • output state
  • input state
  • inner conscious state
  • emotional stages
Q11 | ‘The human brain is a kind of computer that process inputs and generate outputs’. This viewis related to:
  • behaviorism
  • reductionism
  • materialism
  • functionalism
Q12 | “Humans are sophisticated computers”. This notion is proposed by
  • behaviorism
  • functionalism
  • materialism
  • identity theory
Q13 | ‘The computer is the equivalent of the human mind’. Who proposed this view?
  • norman malcolm
  • malebranche
  • alan turing
  • gilbert ryle.
Q14 | Turing test is related to:
  • dualism
  • functionalism
  • reductionism
  • identity theory
Q15 | Who said that computer has a mind?
  • norman malcolm
  • malebranche
  • alan turing
  • gilbert ryle.
Q16 | Computer theory of human nature is popularly known as:
  • dualism
  • functionalism
  • reductionism
  • identity theory
Q17 | --------------- is a one of the most opponent of functionalism.
  • alan turing
  • malebranche
  • norman malcolm
  • john searle
Q18 | ‘Computer is nothing more than a machine that follows the instructions in its program’.Who asserted this?
  • alan turing
  • malebranche
  • norman malcolm
  • john searle
Q19 | ‘The Myth of the Computer is written by:
  • john searle
  • malebranche
  • norman malcolm
  • alan turing
Q20 | Who advocated Chinese Room Argument?
  • john searle
  • malebranche
  • norman malcolm
  • alan turing
Q21 | Chinese Room Argument is form of criticism against:
  • dualism
  • functionalism
  • reductionism
  • identity theory
Q22 | ‘There is something that human minds have that a computer following a program does nothave’. Who said this?
  • alan turing
  • malebranche
  • john searle
  • norman malcolm
Q23 | According to John Searle computer lacks something which is the essential to the humanmind, what is that?
  • intelligence
  • memory
  • storage
  • consciousness
Q24 | -------------------- is essentials to human mind according to Searle.
  • intelligence
  • memory
  • storage
  • consciousness
Q25 | Searle argues that mental states or activities are not reducible to:
  • consciousness
  • physical things
  • intelligence
  • psychological things