What does Searle's Chinese room thought experiment show?
Ch4Sec1: 2. If two persons could inhabit the same body, would this show that animalism is false? Why or why not?
Freedom and Foreknowledge
Calvin's argument can be put like this:
- If God knows that I will do x tomorrow, then it
is true that I will do x tomorrow. - If it is true that I will do x tomorrow, then I
cannot possibly not dox tomorrow. - If I cannot possibly not do x tomorrow, then I
am not free to do x tomorrow. - Therefore, if God knows that I will do x tomor
row, then I am not free to do x tomorrow.
Ch3Sec1: 3. Is this a sound argument? Why or why not? If you think it's not sound, which premise would you reject? Why?
Religious Experience
Ch6Sec1: 4. Does the fact that religious experiences can be produced electronically undercut the claim that they are produced by a supernatural being? Why or why not?