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| Functional role, philosophy: we speak of a functional role when we do not know exactly what the object is, that fulfills this role, however, we can describe the function and its impact. See also role, function, function analysis._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Robert Nozick on Functional Role - Dictionary of Arguments
II 339f Mental state/Nozick: E.g. robots: other internal configuration: different mental state than ours (despite the same role). >Function, >Functional Role, >Causal Role, >Roles, >Robots, cf. >Artificial Consciousness, >Functional Explanation. However: even with the same biological function yet there are not the same mental states in robots as ours. Difference: 1. functional role 2. biological function. (This could also apply to AI). >Artificial Intelligence. onnected: it can be the biol. funct. of a physical state to play a functional role. Consciousness plays no role - i.e. the mind-body problem is not affected. >Mind-body problem, >Consciousness._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
No I R. Nozick Philosophical Explanations Oxford 1981 No II R., Nozick The Nature of Rationality 1994 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27