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An inconsistency in functionalism

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I am indebted to Professors William Craig, John Addison and Charles Chihara and Mr. Mark Bedan for valuable discussions and to the Mellon Foundation and Reed College for financial assistance. Drafts of the paper were presented at the Northwest Conference on Philosophy, November 1976, and at the Reed College Philosophy Colloquium, February 1977.

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Bealer, G. An inconsistency in functionalism. Synthese 38, 333–372 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00486635

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