philosophy of mind, can functionalism be defended

Functionalism is one of the many different theories of the mind and how to categorize its workings. Functionalism is a view or doctrine that proposes mental states are functional states. Functional states are defined in terms of what something does rather than what it is made of .For example computers are made of many different things, such as wiring, processors, screens, modems, etc. However when we think of a computer we think of the things …

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