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If not functionalism, then what? Eliminative materialism?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1999

Harry Howard
Harry Howard
Affiliation:
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118 howard@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu www.tulane.edu/~howard/HHHome.html
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Abstract

The isomorphism between relational structures advocated by Palmer corresponds quite closely to Paul Churchland's theory of “state-space semantics,” so much so that one can be used to elucidate problematic areas in the other. The resulting hybrid shows eliminative materialism to be superior to functionalism as a theory of mental phenomena and seems to provide the best ontology for cognitive science.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 6 , December 1999 , pp. 955 - 956
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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