Farr et al (2012) write about the American phenomenologist, Hubert Dreyfus, who is interested in what he calls ‘mental representation’: that is, in the content of thinking, For Dreyfus, this kind of thinking, which involves the mental manipulation of representations, does not work without what? Group of answer choicesa tiny cinema encased inside the brain, and consisting of a delicate assembly of neurons and chemical processesthe body in contextlanguagediscrete sensory systems such as sight, hearing and touch, which provide data filtered from the outside world and rendered as internal objects

Representational thinking is described as which of the following? a. the ability to represent, or think through, a problem in their minds before going into action b. the ability to connect visual representations of objects with verbal labels c. the ability to represent concrete ideas with abstract images d. the ability to remember the location of objects hidden from view

The pictorial account of intentionality suggests that mental representations2 pointsAre direct reflections of the external worldAre abstract and actually non-representationalAre not influenced by sensory experiencesAre not similar to or resemble external objects

In his TED Talk (Anti-conventional Thinking) Jeffrey Baumgartner argues the following about thinking creatively: a. Artists create group projects by discussing, trying out ideas, then criticising the ideas. b. Creativity works a bit like memory. The mind forms memories and breaks them down into tiny chunks which are organised in a way the mind can retrieve them to recreate a memory.c. He calls the pre-frontal cortex of the brain, the ‘mental bureaucrat’. It is a gate keeper that applies the rules of society to prevent us from doing or saying something that is socially unacceptable, but it can also inhibit creativity.d. In order to come up with unconventional ideas you have to suppress the ‘mental bureaucrat’ in your mind so that you can combine memories from different parts of your brain.e. Artists working on group projects eventually come up with an agreed solution through an iterative process.Group of answer choicesAll answers are correct.Answers c, d and e are correct.Answers b, c, d and e are correct.Answers a, c, d and e are correct.

What does the statement "mental states are representational" mean?1 pointMental states stand for a specific aspect of realityMental states do not have content, they represent other statesMental states represent our physical statesMental states represent their contents

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