Philosophy A-Level
Machine State Functionalism
What Machine State Functionalism means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Machine State Functionalism
The view that any creature with a mind can be modeled as a Turing machine, where mental states are logical states.
Topics that use Machine State Functionalism
- Metaphysics of mind (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Category Mistake
- Eliminative Materialism
- Epiphenomenalism
- Folk Psychology
- Functionalism
- Leibniz's Law
- Multiple Realizability
- Non-reductive Physicalism
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