What are the two forms of physicalism?
How do they differ from each other?
- Physicalism: all mental states are explainable in terms of physical brain states; there is no separate, immaterial "self."
- Functionalism: Mental states (beliefs, desires, being in pain, etc.) are constituted solely by their functional roleâ€"that is, they cause other mental states, sensory inputs, and behavioral outputs. Jerry Fodor takes behaviorism farther, pointing out that mental events, activities, or processes form connections between sensory stimulus and behavioral response.
- Eliminative Materialism: Our ordinary, commonsense understanding of the mind is deeply wrong and that some or all of the mental states posited by common sense do not actually exist. Paul Churchland says that the usual terms that describe mental states are "folk psychology"; we need a new vocabulary and conceptual framework grounded in neuroscience.
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