Functionalism suggests that pain can be understood as a state that makes creatures aware of potential bodily damage and motivates them to avoid it; this function can be realized by c-fibers in humans, different organic processes in insects, or synthetic mechanisms in robots.

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  Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness

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• Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press via serper

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