function

Question 1

basics

Answer 1

functional role 
causal interplay 
eg heart is best explained by function 
enviromental input 
mental state 
mental state 
action/ behaviour 
mental states are mutliply realisable 
liberal- what kind of things are minded 
alien with silicon brain could have same type of mental states but different substance

Question 2

for

Answer 2

behaviourism denies mental states
concern dispositions to behave rather being cause of our behaviour
against common sense

functionalism realises causal role mental states with respect to other mentl state as well as behaviour
common sense
doesn’t have circularity issues
doesn’t deny other being from having mental states

Question 3

issues

Answer 3

the possibikity of functional duplicate with inverted qulia
the mary can be applied to functional facts
the possibility of a functional duplicate with no mentality/ qualia

Question 4

the possibility of a functional duplicate with inverted qualia

Answer 4

i see yellow u see blue we both call yellow

same functionally identical visual systems
cant account for qualia

response
deny that qualia really donhave intrinctic nature.
not the same as advance theoretical understanding of the brain
not actually conceivable for us to be in a functionally identical state but to enjoy different qualia

see colour have feeling why connection if not connected
we start to facot in all the complex wats that colour experiences interconnects with other mental states in our internal landscapes

Question 5

mary functional facts

Answer 5

p1 mary knows all the functional facts involve in colour vision
p2 but she learns something new when she experiences colour vision herself
c1 therefore there is more to know about colour vision than what is given in a completed functional account of it
c2 so functionalism is false

Question 6

response

Answer 6

maybe due to us not being aware of the detailed functional facts which ultimately constitute such mental states

as if mary did know all these facts she would be able to predict what it would be like to experience colour vision herself

Question 7

the possibility of a functional duplicate with no mentality/ qualia

Answer 7

According to functionalism, the China brain would actually be in pain, say, given the appropriate inputs (like being stabbed). But this is obviously false.

Just because the example of the China brain is functionally identical to human pain, doesn’t mean the China brain really is in pain. So functionalism is false. There’s clearly more to mental states than their function.