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"Where Am I?" Self-Quiz
Daniel Dennett
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With which operation is Dennett faced at the beginning of his story?
Being given two bodies he can consciously control at once
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Having his brain hooked up to a new body
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Having a new brain hooked up to his old body
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Having his brain remotely control his body
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Why does Dennett reject the idea that he is where his body is?
Because he argues he is a new person after the operation
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Because if Tom and Dick switch brains, Tom is the fellow with Dicks former body
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Because it is obvious to him that he is wherever his brain is
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Because he is nowhere
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Which of the following isnt an answer Dennett considers for his question Where am I?
He is where his brain is
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He is where his body is
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He is wherever he thinks he is
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None of the above
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What revelation does Dennett have upon the failure of his post-operation mechanism?
That he is nowhere
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That the soul is immaterial
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That he is wherever his body is
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That he is wherever his brain is
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In the case where Hubert and Yorick are both hooked up to two different bodies . . .
Dennett believes he would not survive; there would be two new people
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Dennett believes he would survive as the duplicate brain and new body
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Dennett believes he would survive; maybe as one or the other person
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None of the above
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Dennett rejects physicalism.
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Dennett argues that he is where his body is.
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Dennett holds that he is where he thinks he is.
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