@article{8947642dce41459a9e576f676927aaf9,
title = "Functionalism, Computationalism, and Mental States",
abstract = " Some philosophers have conflated functionalism and computationalism. I reconstruct how this came about and uncover two assumptions that made the conflation possible. They are the assumptions that (i) psychological functional analyses are computational descriptions and (ii) everything may be described as performing computations. I argue that, if we want to improve our understanding of both the metaphysics of mental states and the functional relations between them, we should reject these assumptions.",
keywords = "Computational Functionalism, Computational Theory of Mind, Computationalism, Functional Analysis, Functionalism, Mental States",
author = "Gualtiero Piccinini",
note = "Some philosophers have conflated functionalism and computationalism. I reconstruct how this came about and uncover two assumptions that made the conflation possible. They are the assumptions that (i) psychological functional analyses are computational descriptions and (ii) everything may be described as performing computations. Gualtiero Piccinini, Functionalism, computationalism, and mental states, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 811-833, ISSN 0039-3681, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2004.02.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039368104000883) Keywords: Functionalism; Computationalism; Computational functionalism; Mental states; Computational theory of mind; Functional analysis",
year = "2004",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/j.shpsa.2004.02.003",
language = "American English",
volume = "35",
journal = "Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A",
}