5 PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS

1. The Mind-Body Problem
*The philosophical problem of explaining how it is possible for a material object to have a(n) (immaterial) mind.

2. The Problem of Free Will
*The philosophical problem of explaining how it is possible for a causally determined action to be free.

3. The Problem of Skepticism
*The philosophical problem of explaining how it is possible for there to be knowledge.

4. The Problem of Life After Death
*The philosophical problem of explaining how it is possible for a person to exist after death.

5. The Problem of Personal Identity
*The philosophical problem of explaining how it is possible for a person to change and yet remain the same.

Practical Problem/Question: Punishment?

1.Based on what assumption(s)?
*Responsible
**Same Person

2. How punish? Method?

3. Other fact : Things change—so how the “same”?

KEY TERMS:

1. Person

2. Identity

3. Quality

4. Qualitative Identity

5. Numerical Identity

6. Property

7. Accidental Property

8. Essential Property

9. Personal Identity

10. Change

11. Same

12. Punishment

13. Animalism

14. Soul Theory

15. Memory Theory

16. Kinds of Memory

17. Revised Body Theory

18. Brain Theory

FINAL EXAM QUESTION

Q: Give your own view of the human person and show how your view handles the question of punishment.