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"The Self and the Future" Self-Quiz
Bernard Williams
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What does the term A-body-person describe?
The person who is associated with the body with which A was associated that has Bs psychology
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The person who is associated with the body with which A was associated that has As psychology
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The person who is associated with the body with which B was associated that has Bs psychology
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The person who is associated with the body with which B was associated that has As psychology
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The first thought experiment Williams considers, involving A and B, suggests . . .
Our identities are a matter of our psychological and bodily continuity
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Our identities are a matter of our psychological continuity
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Our identities are a matter of bodily continuity
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None of the above
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What principle does Williams suggest underlies the fear one feels in the face of pain after amnesia?
Identity is a matter of psychological continuity
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Pain, regardless of who will feel it, always merits fear
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Physical pain in the future is not excluded by any psychological states I may be in at the time
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None of the above
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For Williams, which of the following isnt a difference between his first and second case?
The first case doesnt involve someone experience a change in psychology
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The person predicted to experience pain in the second case is me
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The presentation of the second case doesnt make reference to another person
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None of the above
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To get rid of the tension between the two presentations of the thought experiment Williams considers, he suggests . . .
Rejecting the view that identity is a matter of psychological continuity.
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Accepting that the matter is simply conceptually undecidable.
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Rejecting the importance of identity in the first place.
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None of the above.
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Williams isnt sure that it would be question begging to say that A and B exchange bodies.
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The case in which A and Bs respective psychologies become associated with their respective bodies speaks in favor of the bodily continuity view of personal identity.
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For Williams, not all things regarded as evil will merit fear in the future.
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FALSE
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*
not completed
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What does the term A-body-person describe?
The person who is associated with the body with which A was associated that has Bs psychology
correct
incorrect
The person who is associated with the body with which A was associated that has As psychology
correct
incorrect
The person who is associated with the body with which B was associated that has Bs psychology
correct
incorrect
The person who is associated with the body with which B was associated that has As psychology
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
The first thought experiment Williams considers, involving A and B, suggests . . .
Our identities are a matter of our psychological and bodily continuity
correct
incorrect
Our identities are a matter of our psychological continuity
correct
incorrect
Our identities are a matter of bodily continuity
correct
incorrect
None of the above
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
What principle does Williams suggest underlies the fear one feels in the face of pain after amnesia?
Identity is a matter of psychological continuity
correct
incorrect
Pain, regardless of who will feel it, always merits fear
correct
incorrect
Physical pain in the future is not excluded by any psychological states I may be in at the time
correct
incorrect
None of the above
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
For Williams, which of the following isnt a difference between his first and second case?
The first case doesnt involve someone experience a change in psychology
correct
incorrect
The person predicted to experience pain in the second case is me
correct
incorrect
The presentation of the second case doesnt make reference to another person
correct
incorrect
None of the above
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
To get rid of the tension between the two presentations of the thought experiment Williams considers, he suggests . . .
Rejecting the view that identity is a matter of psychological continuity.
correct
incorrect
Accepting that the matter is simply conceptually undecidable.
correct
incorrect
Rejecting the importance of identity in the first place.
correct
incorrect
None of the above.
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Williams isnt sure that it would be question begging to say that A and B exchange bodies.
TRUE
correct
incorrect
FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
The case in which A and Bs respective psychologies become associated with their respective bodies speaks in favor of the bodily continuity view of personal identity.
TRUE
correct
incorrect
FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
For Williams, not all things regarded as evil will merit fear in the future.
TRUE
correct
incorrect
FALSE
correct
incorrect
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