Toppercracker
♫
Now Playing
Ambient Radio
♫

Keep Learning?

Sign in to continue practicing.

Para-jumbles 20 / 100

a. This distinction highlights the difficulty in bridging the gap between objective neurological activity and the private, irreducible character of conscious feelings.
b. The "hard problem" of consciousness refers to the challenge of explaining how physical processes in the brain give rise to subjective experience, known as qualia.
c. Consequently, many philosophers and neuroscientists debate whether a purely materialistic account can ever fully capture the richness of subjective experience, posing a fundamental challenge to reductionist approaches.
d. Unlike the "easy problems" that address cognitive functions like perception or memory, qualia represent the 'what it is like' aspect of phenomenal awareness.

These sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Which of the options best outline their correct order?

1. b, d, a, c

2. d, b, c, a

3. b, a, d, c

4. a, d, b, c

Correct Answer: 1 (b, d, a, c)
To solve "Sentence Rearrangement" or "Para-jumble" tasks, look for the logical flow of ideas:
Step 1 (Introduction): Sentence (b) is the most logical starting point. It introduces the central concept of the "hard problem" of consciousness and defines "qualia" which is the main subject.
Step 2 (Elaboration): Sentence (d) directly follows by elaborating on "qualia" by contrasting it with "easy problems" and further defining its nature as the 'what it is like' aspect of experience, building directly on the definition given in (b).
Step 3 (Secondary Factor): Sentence (a) then refers to "This distinction" which clearly points back to the contrast made in sentence (d) between easy problems and qualia. It explains the consequence of this distinction – the difficulty in bridging the gap between objective and subjective.
Step 4 (Conclusion/Result): Sentence (c) starts with "Consequently," indicating a result or conclusion stemming from the preceding discussion. It discusses the debate among experts regarding the materialistic explanation of subjective experience, which is a direct outcome of the "difficulty" highlighted in (a).

← →