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Ideas for 'Brainstorms:Essays on Mind and Psychology', 'Kinds of Minds' and 'Introduction - Ontology'

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17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 3. Intentional Stance

3159	Beliefs and desires aren't real; they are prediction techniques [Dennett]

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

5496	Functionalism has three linked levels: physical, functional, and mental [Lycan]

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

5499	A mental state is a functional realisation of a brain state when it serves the purpose of the organism [Lycan]

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

4875	We descend from robots, and our intentionality is composed of billions of crude intentional systems [Dennett]

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

4879	There is no more anger in adrenaline than silliness in a bottle of whiskey [Dennett]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism

4876	Maybe there is a minimum brain speed for supporting a mind [Dennett]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / b. Multiple realisability

4878	The materials for a mind only matter because of speed, and a need for transducers and effectors [Dennett]