Frank Jackson (1982) argues that mental states are evolutionary by-products of brain states, using the analogy that the heaviness of a polar bear's coat is a side effect of the coat's warmth-providing function.

Authors

• Person: Howard Robinson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition)

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• Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Howard Robinson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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