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Ideas for 'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'There is no question of physicalism' and 'Natural Minds'

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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 / D. Property Dualism / 2. Anomalous Monism

6121	There are many psychophysicals laws - about the effects of sweets, colours and soft cushions [Mellor/Crane]

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

6122	No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane]