Write between 2000 and 2500 words on any two (2) questions hereunder:

 

1. 1. Carefully articulate and analyze how panpsychism and autoimmunity can be utilized to illuminate an understanding of substance dualism. (30 marks)

2. 2. Defend why Plato should be charged for the mind and body problem in philosophy and offer your solution(s) to the problem. (30 marks)

3. 3. Gordon Gallup Jr. argued in “Chimpanzees: Self-Recognition”, 1970, that chimpanzees had self-awareness based on the Mirror Test conducted by him. Do you think the ascription of mind to animals is another way to resolve the problem of other minds in philosophy? Argue your answer. (30 marks)

4. 4. Explain and analyze the connection between Leibniz’s monadology and artificial intelligence. (30 marks)

5. 5. Advance four arguments to prove the relevance of philosophy of mind to Jamaica by highlighting its utility to various facets of the Jamaican society in general, and culture in particular. (30 marks)