Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Eubulides, George Boolos and William Lycan
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17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 1. Functionalism
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If functionalism focuses on folk psychology, it ignores lower levels of function [Lycan]
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Functionalism must not be too abstract to allow inverted spectrum, or so structural that it becomes chauvinistic [Lycan]
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17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 2. Machine Functionalism
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Functionalism has three linked levels: physical, functional, and mental [Lycan]
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6539
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The distinction between software and hardware is not clear in computing [Lycan]
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17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 5. Teleological Functionalism
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Mental types are a subclass of teleological types at a high level of functional abstraction [Lycan]
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Teleological characterisations shade off smoothly into brutely physical ones [Lycan]
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A mental state is a functional realisation of a brain state when it serves the purpose of the organism [Lycan]
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