How does multiple realizability work?
How does multiple realizability work? The multiple-realizability thesis implies that mental types and physical types are correlated one-many not one-one. A mental state such as pain might be correlated with one type of physical state in a human and another type of physical state in, say, a Martian or pain-capable robot. What is the multiple realizability problem for type Physicalism? The Problem of Multiple-Realizability It is possible for an organism lacking c-fiber nerves to experience pain. Type Physicalism is not true. Type Physicalism is excessively anthropocentric. It implies that only creatures with our particular neurophysiological make-up could have mental states...