Functionalism and Multiple Realizability
Defining mental states by their causal role, and the octopus case that made type identity look parochial
Planned, not yet written
This rung already has its place in the Philosophy of Mind ladder and a fixed job in the order. The prose is what is missing. Writing it out of sequence would break the guarantee that nothing here uses a term before an earlier article defines it.
Will definefunctionalismfunctional rolecausal rolemultiple realizabilitymachine functionalism
Assumestype identitytoken identitylogical behaviourismmental state