WORD COUNT: 800-1000 words per question.
Please include the word count on the front page of the paper.
Footnotes and in-text references are included in the word count. Reference lists/bibliographies are NOT included in the word count.
Answer TWO of the following four questions.
Contrastanon-physicalisttheoryofmindwithaphysicalisttheory.Analysewhichtheory provides the most plausible account of the mind.
Explain why Derek Parfit does not think that think that personal identity is equivalent to personal survival. What is the significance of this distinction for ‘split-brain’ cases? Do you agree with Parfit’s position?
Is the process of dreaming better described by the doxastic model (such that dreams involve genuine beliefs) or by the imagination model (such that dreaming is an imaginative experience, that does not involve genuine beliefs)?
Will future science undermine folk psychology as a theory of mind?
Note: This is a research project and, where appropriate, your answers should be backed up with references. You should also include a reference list.