Answer one of the following questions in the form of a 4-5 page essay. There are two kinds of essays that you may choose.

TYPE A. This kind of essay involves writing an extended version of the sort of essay you wrote for Assignment 3. Essays of Type A should contain three parts. The first part should be a reconstruction of the relevant view. The second part should be a reconstruction of either (a) a competing position, or (b) a criticism of the position in part one as is called for by the question. If the paper calls for (a), then the third part should contain a critical assessment of one of the views in favor of the other.

Question! 

THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM (TYPE A). In The Mind-Body Problem”,

John Searle argues that mind-body dualism can be avoided. What is Searle’s

alternative, and how does he argue for his position? Thomas Nagel argues

that there are facts about “what it’s like” to be a particular sort of creature

that a view such as Searle’s cannot account for. How does Nagel arrive at this

conclusion? Is Nagel right that such facts cannot be accounted for by Searle’s

position?