Multiple realizability and the spirit of functionalism.
Multiple realizability says that the same kind of mental states may be manifested by systems with very different physical constitutions. Putnam (1967) supposed it to be “overwhelmingly probable” that there exist psychological properties with different physical realizations in different creatures. Bu...
| Published in: | Synthese Vol. 200; no. 6; pp. 1 - 32 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2022
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