Behavioural
Grounds its force in the types of behaviour we can observe in a system, the impact those behaviours have in an evolutionary environment, and the minimal system structures necessary to produce particular behaviours.
5 supporting1 challenging
Supporting Arguments (5)
Church Turing Thesis
Most natural processes are computable, so it's likely consciousness is too.
Key Argument, Methodology, Substrate, Behavioural, Ontology, Computational
Cognitive Science & AI Success Argument
Computational models have been very successful at reproducing cognition, so they will eventually reproduce phenomenal consciousness too.
Behavioural, Methodology, Computational
Natural Selection Argument
Evolution would not select for consciousness if it didn't have a useful function.
Behavioural, Methodology, Ontology
Anti-Mystery / Pro-Parsimony Debate
A scientific, functional explanation is simpler and thus preferable to one that invokes the mystery of qualia.
Methodology, Behavioural
Introspection of Functions
When we look inward, we only observe the functional roles of our mental states, and never "non-functional" qualia.
Phenomenology, Behavioural, Intentionality