If Neuroscience Makes Progress, Then the Mind Is the Brain $\lor$

question 264

Multiple Choice

If neuroscience makes progress, then the mind is the brain. If the mind is soul-like, then rational thought is inexplicable. If neuroscience does not progress, then the mind is soul- like. If philosophy of mind is vacuous, then the mind is not the brain and rational thought is explicable. So, philosophy of mind is not vacuous.
-Which of the following propositions is an immediate (one-step) consequence in PL of the given premises?

• A) N \( \lor \) S
• B) ∼∼N \( \lor \) S
• C) S ⊃ ∼N
• D) M ⊃ N
• E) N \( \lor \) M

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