Philosophy of the Mind Archives - PLATO Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:46:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://plato-philosophy.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-plato-new-logo-sq-32x32.png Philosophy of the Mind Archives - PLATO 32 32 Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge https://plato-philosophy.org/questionslibrary/wilfred-gordon-mcdonald-partridge/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:56:16 +0000 http://depts.washington.edu/nwcenter/wordpress/?post_type=questionslibrary&p=1955 What is a memory? What is is like to remember something? Do you feel a certain way when you remember something? Why? What is it about the memory that makes you feel that way? What is your earliest memory? How would you feel if you lost your memory? (Amnesia) Why? Would that change the person ... Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge

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  • What is a memory?
  • What is is like to remember something?
  • Do you feel a certain way when you remember something? Why? What is it about the memory that makes you feel that way?
  • What is your earliest memory?
  • How would you feel if you lost your memory? (Amnesia) Why? Would that change the person you are? If so, how?
  • Do you remember your dreams? Why or why not?
  • Why is it that each thing that Wilfred brought to Ms. Nancy restored a part of her memory? What was it about each thing that restored
  • Ms. Nancy’s memory? How can objects outside of us change what is inside us?

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    ]]>         Obstinate Pen https://plato-philosophy.org/questionslibrary/the-obstinate-pen/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 05:35:43 +0000 http://depts.washington.edu/nwcenter/wordpress/?post_type=questionslibrary&p=1908 Where do thoughts come from? Do we always do what we intend? What is the relationship between what we intend and our actions? Do we have control over our thoughts? Over our actions? What is the mind? What kinds of things have minds? Can a pen have a mind? A table? A plant? An ant? ... Obstinate Pen

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  • Where do thoughts come from?
  • Do we always do what we intend?
  • What is the relationship between what we intend and our actions?
  • Do we have control over our thoughts? Over our actions?
  • What is the mind?
  • What kinds of things have minds?
  • Can a pen have a mind? A table? A plant? An ant? An infant?
  • Do we express ourselves differently in drawing than in words? If yes, how?
  • Why do you think the pen let Horace draw what he wanted to draw?

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    ]]>         Double Trouble https://plato-philosophy.org/questionslibrary/double-trouble/ Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:44:31 +0000 http://depts.washington.edu/nwcenter/wordpress/?post_type=questionslibrary&p=1724 Which robot is the “real” Algernon (the one at the house, or the one who returns from the company)? Why? Is there a particular part of the robot that is central to his identity (without it he wouldn’t be himself)? Would you think differently about which one is the “real” Algernon if the changes were ... Double Trouble

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  • Which robot is the “real” Algernon (the one at the house, or the one who returns from the company)? Why?
  • Is there a particular part of the robot that is central to his identity (without it he wouldn’t be himself)?
  • Would you think differently about which one is the “real” Algernon if the changes were made all at once (e.g., in a single “repair” rather than spread out over time)? Why/why not?
  • Can there be two real Algernons? If not, why not?
  • Imagine something that can change in many ways while remaining the same, maybe a ball of play-dough that over time changes shape, thickness, texture, and perhaps even color. How do we know the difference between changes that happen to the ball, and changes that make the ball a different thing altogether?

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