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Fairy tales of functionalism

Author(s): Tadeusz Skalski
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: functionalism;

Summary/Abstract: One of the most controversial principles of contemporary functionalism is the so-called principle of organizational invariance. Roughly speaking it states that all systems with the same fine grained functional organization have the same conscious experience. The author of this article tries to show that the principle leads to absurdity.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 137-152
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish