?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Mind+as+Neural+Software%3F+Understanding+Functionalism%2C+Computationalism%2C+and+Computational+Functionalism&rft.creator=Piccinini%2C+Dr.+Gualtiero&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Defending+or+attacking+either+functionalism+or+computationalism+requires+clarity+on+what+they+amount+to+and+what+evidence+counts+for+or+against+them.+My+goal+here+is+not+to+evaluate+their+plausibility.+My+goal+is+to+formulate+them+and+their+relationship+clearly+enough+that+we+can+determine+which+type+of+evidence+is+relevant+to+them.+I+aim+to+dispel+some+sources+of+confusion+that+surround+functionalism+and+computationalism%2C+recruit+recent+philosophical+work+on+mechanisms+and+computation+to+shed+light+on+them%2C+and+clarify+how+functionalism+and+computationalism+may+or+may+not+legitimately+come+together.%0D%0A&rft.date=2009-05-21&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6832%2F1%2FComputational_Functionalism_New_New_New_9.pdf&rft.identifier=++Piccinini%2C+Dr.+Gualtiero++(2009)+The+Mind+as+Neural+Software%3F+Understanding+Functionalism%2C+Computationalism%2C+and+Computational+Functionalism.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6832%2F