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>From: orourke@sophia.smith.edu (Joseph O'Rourke)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy,sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Functionalism ==> behavioralism
Keywords: functionalism, behaviorism, Putnam
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Many discussants in these newsgroups claim to be functionalists
about mind, but few admit to being behavorists (although their
arguments often indicate otherwise).  The functionalists who reject 
behaviorism might be interested to know that Hilary Putnam claims to
establish in "Representation and Reality" that functionalism
implies behaviorism.  The last sentence of his book is:

	If it is true that to possess given mental states is simply
	to possess a certain "functional organization" [functionalism],
	then it is also true that to possess given mental states is
	simply to possess certain behavior dispositions [behaviorism]!

His argument is based on his "a rock implements any FSA" proof in the
Appendix.


