Realization: Metaphysics, Mind, and Science
Philosophy of Science 71 (5):985-996 (2004)
| Abstract | For the greater part of the last 50 years, it has been common for philosophers of mind and cognitive scientists to invoke the notion of realization in discussing the relationship between the mind and the brain. In traditional philosophy of mind, mental states are said to be realized, instantiated, or implemented in brain states. Artificial intelligence is sometimes described as the attempt either to model or to actually construct systems that realize some of the same psychological abilities that we and other living creatures possess. The claim that specific psychological.. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Mechanism Metaphysics Mind Realization Science Craver, C Gillett, C | |||||||||
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