Neural Machinery and Realization.
The view that the relationship between minds and brains can be thought of on the model of software and hardware is pervasive. The most common versions of the view, known as functionalism in philosophy of mind, hold that minds are realized by brains. The question arises, What is the realization relat...
| Published in: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 71; no. 5; pp. 997 - 1007 |
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Cambridge University Press
Dec2004
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