The Mind-Body Problem Continued: Functionalism Takes a Stab

The mind-body problem is an issue that yields various philosophical ideas. Functionalism is one such view that proposes a solution. The ideals of functionalism define mental events as brain states, and that mental states are created through a relationship with each other as well as with physical stimuli (such as the senses) teamed with a physical or behavioral result or response. Functionalism holds that the knowledge of the physical (or the functional methods) are not …

…ways. It added the causal relationship to input and outputs, as well as examining the mental states that occur in the in-between. As functionalism took both views to another level, to answer arguments such as Jackson's more completely, as well as the qualitative facts and qualia that it brings up, functionalism should not be discounted, but seen as another building block in arriving at the answer to the mind body problem and philosophy of mind.