Combining Philosophers
Ideas for David Bostock, Hilary Putnam and F.H. Bradley
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17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 1. Functionalism
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Is pain a functional state of a complete organism? [Putnam]
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Functionalism is compatible with dualism, as pure mind could perform the functions [Putnam]
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Functional states correlate with AND explain pain behaviour [Putnam]
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17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 2. Machine Functionalism
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Instances of pain are physical tokens, but the nature of pain is more abstract [Putnam, by Lycan]
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2331
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Functionalism says robots and people are the same at one level of abstraction [Putnam]
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17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 8. Functionalism critique
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If concepts have external meaning, computational states won't explain psychology [Putnam]
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Functionalism can't explain reference and truth, which are needed for logic [Putnam]
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Is there just one computational state for each specific belief? [Putnam]
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