Functionalism ↔ David Chalmers

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David Chalmers is related to functionalism because he identifies it as a dominant framework in cognitive science [1] and provides critical philosophical arguments challenging the sufficiency of functionalism to explain consciousness [2], [3].

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Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact

perspectiveCritics of functionalism, including Ned Block (1980a, 1980b), Joseph Levine (1983), and David Chalmers (1996), argue that consciousness cannot be adequately explained solely in functional terms.

Consciousness and Cognitive Sciences journal-psychoanalysis.eu Journal of Psychoanalysis 1 fact

claimDavid Chalmers identified functionalism as the most popular ecology of ideas active in cognitive science today.

Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net Journal of Consciousness Studies 1 fact

perspectiveDavid Chalmers argues that holding that two subjects in the same functional state have the same conscious state does not equate to 'selling out' to functionalism, because consciousness is associated with, but not reduced to, a functional state.