Unit 1 - Holiday Homework

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THE MIND AND BODY DEBATE- INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY

ACTIVITY 1

Please click on links and watch the you-tube clip and read the article resource making notes first then answering the following questions

 

What does a dualist believe?

What does a materialist believe?

Which philosophers debate this?

What is the cogito argument?

Does descartes have a valid theory on the mind and brain being soley different properties?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jteIKYWAS4A

Please watch this you-tube link.

 

 

 

 


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ACTIVITY 2- SUMMARISING ARISTOTLE

 

Please read the revison resource

 

In one note complete the Aristotle questions resource

 

In one note complete the Aristotle test resource

 

 

 


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Please complete the questions within the resource


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Please complete the test resource


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ACTIVITY 3-MAIN ACTIVITY

Create an engaging powerpoint/prezi focusing on the Mind/body debate

Must include:

 

Include your own opinions and from your  research are you are a dualist or materialist?

You can use the information you have obtained on Descartes already from the past learning activities

You need to include the famous analogy of Descartes based on his argument of the mind/body

Include opposing arguments from other philosophers who were know to me Materialists-Plato,kant, darwin

Use your own research and find interesting analogys/pictures/videos/resources.