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Joscha Bach characterizes functionalism as an epistemological account of how minds construct objects, not as the claim that computers can think.
Unresolved speaker · Why Leibniz Couldn't Find the Mind Inside the Mill (Joscha Bach) · 2 Nov 2026
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“To me, functionalism is not the claim that computers can think. It's a, a claim about how we construct objects. It's an epistemological claim.”1:04:35Report a misattribution
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