Valerie Gray Hardcastle (1997) Getting the Philosophy Right
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Psycoloquy 8(07): Getting the Philosophy Right
GETTING THE PHILOSOPHY RIGHT
Reply to Laakso on Locating Consciousness
Valerie Gray Hardcastle
Department of Philosophy
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0126
http://mind.phil.vt.edu
valerie@vt.edu
Abstract
Laakso (1997) criticizes me for sliding between being a
functionalist and an identity theorist with respect to
consciousness. However, he basis his claims on an incomplete
understanding of functionalism and his arguments confuse identity
with necessary and sufficient conditions. Here I outline these
errors as well as state as clearly as I can that I am an identity
theorist through and through.
Keywords
binding, consciousness, dynamical system, memory,
priming, qualia.
References
- Hardcastle, V.G. (1995). Locating Consciousness. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins Press.
- Hardcastle, V.G. (1996a). How to Build a Theory in Cognitive Science. Albany, New York: SUNY Press.
- Hardcastle, V.G. (1996b). A Functionalist's Response to the Problem of Absent Qualia: More Discussion. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 3, 357-373.
- Hardcastle, V.G. (1996c). Computationalism. Synthese, 105, 303-317.
- Hardcastle, V.G. (1996d). Precis of: Locating Consciousness. PSYCOLOQUY 7(33) locating.consciousness.1.hardcastle.
- Laakso, A. (1996). Has Hardcastle Located Consciousness? Book Review of Hardcastle on Locating Consciousness. PSYCOLOQUY 7(42) locating.consciousness.2.laakso.