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Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind

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CHAPTER: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

5 Functionalism 130
     
5.1 Introduction 130
     
5.2 Metaphysical functionalism 133
     
5.3 Psycho-functionalism 134
     
5.4 Computational or Turing machine functionalism 136
     
5.5 Functionalism and reductionism 143
     
5.6 Strengths of functionalism 145
     
5.7 Problems for functionalism
5.7.1 Liberalism
5.7.2 The Chinese mind argument: the problem of absent qualia
5.7.3 Inverted qualia
5.7.4 Absent qualia revisited: what Fred knew and Mary didn’t know
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5.8 The Chinese room and the problem of absent intentionality 154
     
5.9 Homuncular functionalism 158
     
Questions to think about 160
     
Suggestions for further reading 160


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