Question

T or F: In an inductive inference the truth of the premises does not guarantee the truth of the conclusion.

T or F: the argument for Cartesian skepticism involves the principle of the uniformity of nature.

T or F: Nagel argues that we cannot imagine what it is like to be a bat.

T or F: The statement “1+2+3” expresses a relation of ideas (according to Hume).

T or F: According to Jackson, epiphenomenal qualia can casually influence our brain.

Answer 1

1- False- Reason: A deductive argument is the argument which is intended by the arguer to be validly deductive, which is, to give a guarantee of the truth of the conclusion given that the argument's premises are true.

2- False- Reason: Cartesian skepticism is the problem of telling how knowledge of the outter world is possible provided the challenge that we couldnot know the denials of skeptical hypotheses.

3- True- Reason:  Nagel who is an american philosopher argues that materialist theories of mind omit the important part of consciousness, namely which is something that it is (or feels) like to be a specific, conscious thing

4- True-

5- False- Reason: epiphenomenal qualia cannot casually influence our brain.