From Functionalism to Embodiment in Philosophy of Mind
Journal of Philosophical Investigations September 2, 2023 Tohid Hadinejad, Mahdi Behniafar
In recent decades, Functionalism has become a standard approach towards philosophy of mind and cognitive science, Functionalism is inspired by computer science and against prior theories about mind. Functionalism takes mind as a processor and body as a provider of raw data for this processor. Mind with the help of mental algorithms translates perceptional data to symbolic representations as...