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framework:functionalismFunctionalism
Epistemological position that what any phenomenon is is its causal/operational role; rejects hidden essence; foundational to CIMC's stance
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- EssentialismcontradictsThe view that objects can be determined by intrinsic properties bypassing observation and modeling; the position functionalism rejects
Claims (2)
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- Radical functionalist claim grounding computationalism: no substrate is metaphysically privileged over its functional description
- Paper's argument that all viable theories of consciousness implicitly rely on structural-functional criteria
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- Computational FunctionalismextendsHypothesis that some class of computations suffices for consciousness; central assumption for AI consciousness route.
- Combined epistemological stance that everything knowable about systems including consciousness is a function of observable behaviors of finite state machines
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- De Anima (On the Soul)analogous_toAristotle's work describing soul as causal form of physical substrate; cited as proto-functionalist and animist
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- Position that all phenomena can be fully captured as discrete and finite state transitions; grounded in mathematical constructivism
- One of the three major competing approaches to parallel programming mentioned in the paper; used for comparison with Linda.
- The hypothesis that physics defines a causally closed mechanistic lowest level of nature, and everything observable is coarse-grained patterns in this physical reality
- Empirical effect where intervening on one feature induces coherent shifts across multiple linguistic dimensions aligned with the target attribute.
- Philosophical framework emphasizing wholeness, non-reductionism, and unique emergent features of life systems.
- The theory of welfare that the sole good is the development and exercise of essential capacities (nature fulfilment).
- Antra's term for the causal chains from percepts to internal states that constitute experience in a functionalist view.
- Tracking of functional/computational cognitive states, distinguished from phenomenal introspection.