The Body Problem Multiple-Choice Quiz

. According to Montero, the "body problem" is

the problem of proving that physical bodies exist.

the problem of explaining what, exactly, it means to be physical.

the problem of proving that minds can interact with physical bodies.

the problem of explaining the mind in terms of the physical body.

. Montero invokes Hempel's dilemma to show that

defining the physical in terms of microphysics does not solve the body problem.

physicists do not know whether the mind is physical.

physics cannot possibly explain everything that exists.

philosophers can solve the body problem without relying on physicists.

. According to Montero, the second horn of Hempel's dilemma poses a problem because

it requires us to talk about a theory that we do not know anything about.

it amounts to resolving the mind-body problem by definition.

it assumes that physics will one day be complete.

it leaves out the contributions of chemistry and neurophysiology.

. Montero's reasoning suggests that

because we lack a good definition of the physical, there is no philosophical problem about how the mind relates to the body.

because we lack a good definition of the physical, we should admit that the mind is a non-physical substance.

it is currently pointless to claim that the mental is physical because we do not have a good definition of the physical.

it is currently false to claim that the mental is physical because we do not have a good definition of the physical.

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