Description

• Title:
  A Formal Analysis of the Concept of Behavioral Individuation of Mental States in the Functionalist Framework
• Creator:
  Malicki, Maciej
• Description:
  The functionalist theory of mind proposes to analyze mental states in terms of internal states of Turing machine, and states of the machine’s tape and head. In the paper, I perform a formal analysis of this approach. I define the concepts of behavioral equivalence of Turing machines, and of behavioral individuation of internal states. I prove a theorem saying that for every Turing machine T there exists a Turing machine T’ which is behaviorally equivalent to T, and all of whose internal states of T’ can be behaviorally individuated. Finally, I discuss some applications of this theorem to computational theories of mind.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 ;
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2021 Logic and Logical Philosophy
• Date:
  2021.11.08
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Logic and Logical Philosophy; Vol. 31 No. 1 (2022): March; 161-173;
  Logic and Logical Philosophy; Tom 31 Nr 1 (2022): Marzec; 161-173;
  2300-9802;
  1425-3305
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/LLP/article/view/27921/30281
• Subject:
  functionalism;
  behaviorism;
  mental states
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/LLP/article/view/27921
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text