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The Mind/Body Problem is the Feeling/Function Problem: Harnad on Dennett on Chalmers

Harnad, Stevan (2001) The Mind/Body Problem is the Feeling/Function Problem: Harnad on Dennett on Chalmers. (Unpublished)

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The mind/body problem is the feeling/function problem (Harnad 2001). The only way to "solve" it is to provide a causal/functional explanation of how and why we feel...

Item Type:Other
Keywords:consciousness, qualia, feelings, functionalism, mind/body problem
Subjects:Psychology > Cognitive Psychology
Philosophy > Philosophy of Mind
ID Code:2130
Deposited By:Harnad, Stevan
Deposited On:12 Mar 2002
Last Modified:19 Dec 2009 19:18

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http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Papers/Harnad/harnad00.mind.humphrey.html

Harnad, S. (2001) No Easy Way Out. The Sciences 41(2) 36-42.

http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Tp/thesciences.htm

(Original longer version "Explaining the Mind: Problems, Problems"

http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Tp/bookrev.htm )

Harnad, S. (in press) Turing Indistinguishability and the Blind Watchmaker. In: J. Fetzer & G. Mulhauser, (eds.) Evolving Consciousness Amsterdam: John Benjamins (in press) http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Papers/Harnad/harnad98.turing.evol.html

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