dug's philosophical blog on philosophical issues.

This paper will focus on the shortcomings of three very popular objections to physicalism, functionalism, and the type identity theory (or A...

Functionalism holds that anything that can perform the same functions as a brain is able to have mental states as humans do. There is one co...

Now I'll illustrate the benefits of functionalism. There are some different forms of functionalism, but in this post I will be referring...

The type identity theory of mind seems fairly straightforward, but is not without its flaws. One objection to this theory involves the conce...

I have to write a paper refuting or agreeing with some frequent objections to the type identity theory of mind, functionalism, and physicali...

Let's say my friend makes a decision that I think is really stupid. Maybe he stole a car, or forgot to do his homework. I hear that he d...

Imagine a very young scientist, named Mary, who has lived her whole life in a black and white room. Mary is brought up by extremely smart ex...