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What is a belief according to functionalism?

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What is a belief according to functionalism?

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A connection that the body makes between certain inputs (for example, perceptions) and outputs (overt actions). 29b. How is functionalism an advance over earlier forms of behaviorism? It allows some mental states to explain others, although ultimately mental states must be linked to physical inputs and outputs. (An intention may be linked to desire and belief, but in the end the whole complex must be tied back to physical states and activities.) What does functionalism leave out?(114) The inner conscious states of which we are directly aware. Two people could have different experiences of color, yet because of their training they would react in exactly the same way to the different color experiences. 30. What does eliminative materialism maintain? We should eliminate our belief in the existence of consciousness. Eliminative materialism claims we are nothing but matter, and consciousness does not exist. What do materialists of this type mean by “folk psychology”? (114) Folk psychology i

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