On Saturday, March 1, 2014 7:56:15 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > Excuse my ignorance, but what is this "functionalism" that is supposedly > disproved by AHS? > > Functionalism, as I see it, is the philosophy that consciousness is purely a byproduct of specific functions, either physical or mathematical generally. Bruno originally defined computationalism for me as synonymous with digital functionalism. This means that there is no extra stuff that makes consciousness conscious, it is just the working of the mechanism itself which feels conscious.
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