Functionalism Flashcards
1
Q
what if functionalism?
A
mental states can be made in different ways and from different stuff. they are constituted by their causal relations to input, output and other mental states
it is an alternative to MBIT
2
Q
what is the problem with functionalism?
A
it is not biologically realist- robot Shakey- operated sequentially
Chinese room argument
cannot explain the semantics
