As you see in the article on functionalism:

    Functionalism developed largely as an alternative to identity theory 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_theory_of_mind> ...

which is at least in the same ballpark as my view.

@philipthrift

On Friday, May 3, 2019 at 6:56:16 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote:
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> On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 7:50 PM <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
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> > *I don't believe in the "functional equivalence" principle*
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> If you don't believe in that then logically you must believe you are the 
> only conscious being in the universe.
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> John K Clark 
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