A learning game for remembering vocabulary in the philosophy of mind.

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Race to the
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Introduction
This game is designed as a review of technical vocabulary terms
for a college level philosophy course in the philosophy of mind.
Two players will take turns answering questions defining
philosophical concepts, moving along a path toward a
schoolhouse icon. The first player to reach the schoolhouse is
the winner. The learning objective for the students/players is to
demonstrate knowledge of foundational terms in the
philosophy of mind.
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3. EASY PATH
Race to the
Schoolhouse- Rules1. Each player, starting with the blue figure (no.1), takes turns moving their figure (by
clicking the figure) to a box with a question and two possible answers. Click on the
question box to reveal the question.
2. Each player in turn will click on a possible answer. If the answer is correct the figure
will move to the next box and wait their turn to answer that question.
3. If the answer is incorrect he or she will wait until their next turn and click on the
other answer. Each player can only move to the next question by answering the
present question correctly.
4. Each player has a choice of paths- the easy path has four basic questions to answer;
the hard path has only three questions, but these questions are more difficult.
5. The first player to correctly answer the final question in their path and move to the
schoolhouse wins the game.
HARD PATHBACK

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RULES
TO HARD
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‘Cogito ergo sum’
means:
The classic problem in the
philosophy of mind:
The study of reality
is called:
Epistemology is the
theory of:
The Turing test is:
Theory of being:
The mental is the
only component of
reality:
For Steven
Pinker the
mind is:
EASY
PATH
Correct! You
can only observe
behavior Incorrect- You can’t
directly tell if it is
thinking
A thinking test
A behavioral test
QUESTION Incorrect-
Gerontology
involves the aged
Correct! The
study of being
itself
Ontology
Gerontology
QUESTION Incorrect- mentalism
is a term of psychic
phenomena
Correct! As
opposed to
materialism
Mentalism
Idealism
QUESTION Correct!
Pinker is a
materialist
Incorrect-
He is not a
dualist
What the
brain does
A separate
substance
QUESTION
Correct! Called the
‘cogito’
Incorrect- the phrase is
backwards
Correct! This term
indicates the split between
mind and body
Incorrect- right idea, wrong
term
I think therefore I am
I am therefore I think
The embodied problem
The mind-body problem
QUESTION
Correct! ‘above’
or ‘beyond’
justphysics
Incorrect- realism
is another view
Realism
Metaphysics
QUESTION Incorrect- a term with
‘ology’ means ‘the study
of’
Correct! ‘episteme’
meaning ‘knowledge’
Perceiving
Knowledge
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HARD
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Things that do not
have to exist are
called:
The idea that the mental
and physical are two
different ways of looking
at the same thing:
The problem of how brain
processes and causes
consciousness is called:
Descartes’
theory has been
termed:
The theory that there
is only one substance
in reality:
Incorrect- if
something does
not have to exist
it is not necessary
to exist
Correct! They
are dependent on
other things
The idea that minds and
bodies do not causally
interact but are
correlated:
Necessary beings
Contingent Beings
Incorrect- dualism is the
view that the mental and
physical are separate
substances
Dualism
Correct! Double
aspect=two ways of
perceiving
Double Aspect theory
QUESTION Incorrect- The terms are
too general to name a
specific theory
Correct! This term is
more exact in description
Neurobiological problem of
consciousness
Physical problem of the
mind
Incorrect- there is
nothing linguistic
in his theory
Correct! The
theory involves
that which can be
known
The linguistic turn
in metaphysics
The
epistemological
turn in
metaphysics
QUESTION
Incorrect-
spiritualism says
that there are
immaterial beings
Correct! From
‘mono’ meaning
‘one’
Spiritualism
Monism
QUESTION
Incorrect- co-
relationism just
repeats part of the
question
Correct! Minds
and bodies acting at
the same time
Co-relationism
Paralellism
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QUESTION
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