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Ideas for 'Changes in Events and Changes in Things', 'Natural Minds' and 'Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind'

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17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 5. Teleological Functionalism

6378	Teleological functions explain why a trait exists; causal-role functions say what it does [Polger]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind

6380	Identity theory says consciousness is an abstraction: a state, event, process or property [Polger]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / a. Physicalism critique

6382	The 'grain problem' says physical objects are granular, where sensations appear not to be [Sellars, by Polger]