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	30-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below. Human beings, like all other organic creatures, die and their bodies decay. Nevertheless, there is a widespread and long-standing belief that in some way death is survivable, that there is "life after death." A natural way of thinking would seem to be that mind-body dualism is a "survival-friendly" metaphysical view, whereas materialism is inimical to survival. This may or may not turn out to be correct. However, the logical possibility of dualist survival — specifically, of disembodied survival — has been seriously questioned. The general form taken by such questioning lies in the assertion that we have no "criteria of identity" for disembodied persons. When we make judgments about the identity of persons we are not making judgments about the identity of souls. We cannot make judgments about the identity of souls, because souls are said to be imperceptible. And because of this, the identity of a person over time cannot consist of the identity of the person's soul over time. What we are able to identify — and reidentify — is a person's body.   Which of the following best expresses the main concern of the writer in the above passage? OPTIONS     1) The idea of survival after death cannot be considered without taking into account the nature of the human person.   2) Once a person has died, that body decomposes in a grave, and can't be the basis for our identification of the person who is supposed to have survived disembodied.   3) There is widespread belief in some sort of personal afterlife, in which the same individual that lived and died persists after death.   4) Materialism is far more inimical to survival after death than is the mind body dualism. discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day If the remainder when a polynomial f(x) is divided by binomial of the form (x – a) is R, then f(a) = R. This is also called the Polynomial Remainder Theorem. Also, if (x – a) is a factor of f(x), then a will be a root of f(x). This is because, if (x – a) completely divides f(x) without leaving any remainder, then R = 0, and so f(a) = 0. more tips Last year's Question of the day (29-Sep-12) For some integer m, the polynomial x3 – 2011x + m has the three integer roots - a, b and c. Find |a| + |b| + |c|. OPTIONS     1) 79   2) 83   3) 98   4) More than one of the above discuss TestFunda.com - LEARN with THE LEADER in Online MBA Test Prep Demo Lessons   |   Take a Demo Test   |   Buy Courses   |   Fun Learning Games   |   100-Percentilers About TestFunda.com - TestFunda is backed by www.ZeusLearning.com. 3 IIT-IIM graduates form the Management Team. - The 85+ member team has vast experience in MBA Coaching and Computer-Based Training and Testing. - For 12 years Zeus has created award-winning courseware for companies like Discovery Channel, Reader's Digest, Texas Instruments, Pearson Education. - The TestFunda Advisory Board comprises CEOs and MDs of international educational companies. About This Newsletter You received this email because you have registered with www.TestFunda.com. If you do not want to receive this email or want to sign up for other newsletters from TestFunda  click here. Please do not reply to this mail. Mails sent to this account will not be monitored. Post your comments and solutions under the Question of the Day forum. Problems getting this mail? To get this mail in your inbox, add noreply@testfunda.com to your contact list.       UNSUBSCRIBE / SUBSCRIBE | ABOUT | WHY TESTFUNDA | FAQ | PRIVACY | SUPPORT | CONTACT | DISCUSS   © Enabilon Learning Private Limited. All rights reserved