Philosophy

Answer one of the following questions. Type up your answers and turn it in the day of the exam.

1. Some say that dualism teaches that the soul/mind interact with the body violates scientific laws such as the conservation of energy and the conservation of momentum. Do they have a sound argument? How would a dualist, like Descartes, counteract their argument?

2. Of the arguments for the existence of God, which is the one that you believe to be the strongest? Why?

3. Argue one of the following propositions:

a. In a state of nature without exploitation, rights of private property would naturally develop (John Locke).

4. How would Descartes deal with the incident of Phineas Gage and its use to prove identity theory?

Find the authors of the following books:

Principia Mathematica

The Republic

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

Euthyphro

Meditations on First Philosophy