1. In what ways do minds and thoughts differ from physical things, according to Descartes?
2. How does Descartes use the differences between humans and animals and machines to make the case for dualism?
3. How does Locke define ‘person'? What is his account of the identity conditions for persons?
4. In what sense is the Lockean concept of person a moral and legal concept?
5. Skinner says that the traditional (i.e. Lockean) view of a person hinders us from developing a technology of behavior. Explain.
6. What does Ryle mean by a ‘category mistake' and how does he use this concept in making the case against dualism and other ‘mentalist' theories?