Self-Quiz 4.6

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According to Nagel, an organism has conscious mental states if and only if

it has human-like physical attributes. correct incorrect

there is something that it is like to be that organism. correct incorrect

the mental states are reducible to functional states. correct incorrect

the mental states play the right causal role. correct incorrect

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According to Nagel, the essence of the belief that bats have experience is that

they have brains. correct incorrect

bat experiences are like human experiences. correct incorrect

we know what it is like to be a bat. correct incorrect

there is something that it is like to be a bat. correct incorrect

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According to Nagel, if the subjective character of experience is fully comprehensible only from one point of view, then any move toward greater objectivity will

take us closer to the real nature of the phenomenon. correct incorrect

not take us closer to the real nature of the phenomenon. correct incorrect

give us the whole truth. correct incorrect

reveal the hidden characteristics of the experience. correct incorrect

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Nagel argues that what we can say about physicalism is that

it is false. correct incorrect

it is true. correct incorrect

we do not have any conception of how it might be true. correct incorrect

we have a conception of how it might be true. correct incorrect