Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Jerry A. Fodor, Peter F. Strawson and George Santayana

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17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 1. Functionalism

2467	Functionalists see pains as properties involving relations and causation [Fodor]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 2. Machine Functionalism

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In the Representational view, concepts play the key linking role [Fodor]

2993	Any piece of software can always be hard-wired [Fodor]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 4. Causal Functionalism

3011	Causal powers must be a crucial feature of mental states [Fodor]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 6. Homuncular Functionalism

5498	Mind is a set of hierarchical 'homunculi', which are made up in turn from subcomponents [Fodor, by Lycan]