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CEFR B2 Philosophy of Mind

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2. The attempt to explain mental states entirely in terms of physical states
3. The relation between cause and effect, central to the mind-body problem
8. The process of becoming aware of the world through the senses
9. A complex mental state involving feelings and physiological changes
11. Describing cognition that is shaped by the body and its interactions with the world
14. The state of being conscious or cognizant of something
16. Conscious experience flows ___ , never stopping even in sleep
17. Philosopher who formulated the hard problem of consciousness
18. The raw subjective qualities of experience, such as the redness of red
20. The rise of complex mental phenomena from simpler physical processes
22. The physical organ that many philosophers identify with the mind
23. Describing a physicalist view that denies mental states can be reduced to physical ones
27. The view that reality consists of many kinds of substances or properties
28. The theory that reality is fundamentally mental or immaterial
29. The view that there is only one kind of substance, either mind or matter

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1. A nerve cell; some theories explain consciousness through neural activity
4. Theories of consciousness are ___ in contemporary philosophy, present participle of abound
5. The theory that only physical matter exists and the mind is entirely physical
6. ___ , physicalism denies the existence of a separate mental substance
7. The view that psychology should study only observable behavior, not inner mental states
10. Philosophers have ___ the mind from the body to study consciousness separately, past tense of disentangle
12. New evidence has ___ the myth that mental states are purely private, past tense of dispel
13. French philosopher who argued for mind-body dualism
15. Describing experience that is accessible only from the first-person point of view
19. Describing knowledge that is accessible from a third-person, public standpoint
20. Describing a view that cognition arises through the active engagement of an organism with its environment
21. The theory is ___ about consciousness but actually avoids the hard problem
24. The view that mental states exist independently of our theories about them
25. The view that mind and body are two distinct kinds of substance
26. Descartes has been ___ for the mind-body split in modern philosophy, past tense of blame

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