1. Refute the Cartesian Dualism belief "My body and my mind really are distinct." from a Nihilism perspective.
2. Explain what J. L. Austin means when he says that "there are no criteria to be laid down in general for distinguishing the real from the not real" (Truth, p. 266).
3. Refute the Cartesian Dualism belief "God can make my mind exist separately from my body." from a Nihilism perspective.
4. Argue that Nihilism gives us a much simpler explanation of reality than does Cartesian Dualism.
5. Refute the Cartesian Dualism belief " If God can make A exist separately from B, then A and B really are distinct." from a Nihilism perspective.