Philosophy A2 AQA - Ethics and Philosophy of Mind

I only had time to talk about substance dualism (conceivability, indivisibly argument) and property dualism (zombies and Mary's room) with criticisms so I'm not sure what I'll get on that one.
I didn't fill all the pages up but it's fine out teacher said all we need is 3-4 detailed criticisms to get a good mark so it should be ok.

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Original post by Jt18976

I only had time to talk about substance dualism (conceivability, indivisibly argument) and property dualism (zombies and Mary's room) with criticisms so I'm not sure what I'll get on that one.
I didn't fill all the pages up but it's fine out teacher said all we need is 3-4 detailed criticisms to get a good mark so it should be ok.

That's most of it, you did well

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jimnugent18

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For the deontological question i wrote about the theory in detail then i evaluated the theory using criticisms are saying that this makes the theory not correct. But i only touched upon one ethical application which was the axe murder . People are saying you needed to use applied ethics in that essay is this true ?

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Original post by jimnugent18

For the deontological question i wrote about the theory in detail then i evaluated the theory using criticisms are saying that this makes the theory not correct. But i only touched upon one ethical application which was the axe murder . People are saying you needed to use applied ethics in that essay is this true ?

You didn't need to use applied ethics in the essay question they are mainly used in the 12 markers but it didnt come up in this exam.
What did you say about the axe murderer?

As long as you did 3-4 criticisms along with your argument then you should do well.

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Original post by Jt18976

You didn't need to use applied ethics in the essay question they are mainly used in the 12 markers but it didnt come up in this exam.
What did you say about the axe murderer?

As long as you did 3-4 criticisms along with your argument then you should do well.

The axe murder can be used as a criticism - the intuition of consequentialism.

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Original post by Sainsbizz

The axe murder can be used as a criticism - the intuition of consequentialism.

What did you write for the 12 marker on functionalism and identity theory thats the one i was really unsure on.

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jimnugent18

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i wrote it on just how they differed and that they were both materialist views and used arguments that criticized both of them, Its just the way the deontological question was phrased saying correct rather than effectiveness of the theory so you reckon you can get full marks with no applied ethics

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Original post by jimnugent18

i wrote it on just how they differed and that they were both materialist views and used arguments that criticized both of them, Its just the way the deontological question was phrased saying correct rather than effectiveness of the theory so you reckon you can get full marks with no applied ethics

I'm pretty sure you can still get full marks without using applied ethics as 25 markers are mainly based on the criticisms of theory and your view of them. I think all you had conclude was if deontoligical ethics was correct or not using the criticisms you analysed.

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kittgenstein

I basically read the deonotlogy question as whether it was useful rather than if it was correct. I was wondering if I would still get any marks, considering all the knowledge I used was still kind of right, it was just the evaluation that was wrong? :/

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Original post by Jt18976

What did you write for the 12 marker on functionalism and identity theory thats the one i was really unsure on.

Functionalism can be - and is primarily seen as - physicalist like mind brain identity theory, but has the potential to not be. Functionalism is typically non reductive whereas identity is ontologically reductive (mental -> brain). Functionalism is liberal as it allows anything with the same function to have consciousness, identity is strict etc...?

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jimnugent18

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Original post by kittgenstein

I basically read the deonotlogy question as whether it was useful rather than if it was correct. I was wondering if I would still get any marks, considering all the knowledge I used was still kind of right, it was just the evaluation that was wrong? :/

I just wrote the normal objections but linked them to why it would not be correct just as conflict of duties Etc

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qwertyasdfghj

I think I did the 25 marker on Philosophy of Mind completely wrong. Rather than assess substance dualism and property dualism, I basically interpreted it as dualism vs physicalism. So I wrote how physicalist theories weren't right because they cant explain qualia, but dualism (in particular property dualism) is better.
I basically structured it:
INTRO: Dualism is correct in saying the mind is not completely physical

Mind Brain Identity - Disagrees with dualismHOWEVER it fails to explain qualia so dualism is still right

Functionalism - Disagrees with dualismHOWEVER Blocks Chinese Mind shows it also fails to show consciousness - cant be physical therefore dualism correct

Substance dualism and property dualism both say that mind not physical. Substance dualism is weaker than PD because category mistake in saying mental is a substance. Property dualism is better because allows that it is not completely physical, but doesn't go as far to say that a mental substance exists.Mary/Knowledge argument supports the dualist claim and manages to explain qualia unlike physicalist theories

CONCLUSION: Therefore dualism is right

Is that wrong???

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evilgeniuspinto

Original post by Jt18976

I only had time to talk about substance dualism (conceivability, indivisibly argument) and property dualism (zombies and Mary's room) with criticisms so I'm not sure what I'll get on that one.
I didn't fill all the pages up but it's fine out teacher said all we need is 3-4 detailed criticisms to get a good mark so it should be ok.

omg those points are EXACTLY the points I wrote... :smile:

hopefully these points will be okay.

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