T 3/16              Introduction 161-165; Joad 166-171

 

1. What examples does Joad use to illustrate the interaction of mind and body, and why does he say that it is extremely difficult to explain how this interaction occurs?

 

2. Why do the two types of purposiveness – the drive of living organisms toward a goal and the human capacity to foresee the future accomplishment of the goal – present such difficulties for the attempt to explain them merely in terms of material causes and effects or in terms of stimuli and responses?

 

3. Why are the apprehension of meaning and the aesthetic appreciation of complex entities such as symphonies also difficult to explain materialistically?