Troubles with Functionalism.¶
Block, N. (1978). Troubles with Functionalism. Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 9, 261-325.
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- Outcome-Defined Adequacy
- The characteristic failure mode — that a system might fake the outputs without the inner organization (the absent-qualia and "China brain" worries) — is the philosophical analogue of gaming: passing the outcome test without genuinely producing the outcome.
This sourceAbsent-qualia and 'China brain' worries — passing the functional/outcome test without genuinely producing the state.
- The characteristic failure mode — that a system might fake the outputs without the inner organization (the absent-qualia and "China brain" worries) — is the philosophical analogue of gaming: passing the outcome test without genuinely producing the outcome.
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