Ep. 221: Functionalist Theories of Mind (Putnam, Armstrong) (Part One)

from The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast · host Mark Linsenmayer

On Hilary Putnam's "The Nature of Mental States" (1973). What is the mind? Functionalist theories identify the mental not with the brain exactly, but with something the brain does. So some other creature without a brain (maybe a computer) might be able to do that same thing if it could duplicate the structure of what our brains do. Is this a satisfying account of the mind? Please support PEL! The post Ep. 221: Functionalist Theories of Mind (Putnam, Armstrong) (Part One) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.

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