Functionalism Flashcards
1
Q
What are mental states compared to by the machine functionalist
A
Machine States - States which follow a program which specifies, for each event and state, the next state the machine should go into, and the output the state should produce
2
Q
Software analogy
A
The same computer software can be run on different hardware; the same types of mental states can be multiply realised
3
Q
Problems with functionalism
A
Liberalism, China brain, inverted qualia, Chinese room.
4
Q
Define the Turing machine
A
A system operating according to a specifiable set of instructions
