cognitive science ↔ Functionalism

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Cognitive science is fundamentally linked to functionalism as it defines the mind through cognitive processes [1] and prioritizes functional or intentional states over consciousness [2]. Furthermore, functionalism is recognized as the most prominent theoretical framework currently active within the field of cognitive science [3].

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Consciousness and Cognitive Sciences journal-psychoanalysis.eu Journal of Psychoanalysis 2 facts

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

claimCognitive science has preferred functionalism over the last 20 years, utilizing a strategy that replaces the link between cognition and consciousness with the link between cognition and its corresponding functional or intentional states.

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claimCognitive science is ontologically functionalist because it defines the mind as consisting of cognitive processes.