?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Thoroughly+Modern+Aristotle%3A+Was+He+Really+a+Functionalist%3F&rft.creator=Green%2C+Christopher+D.&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=In+recent+years+a+debate+has+developed+over+whether+Aristotle's+theory+of+the+psuch%C3%AA+is+properly+characterized+as+having+been+%22functionalist%22+in+the+sense+that+contemporary+computational+cognitive+scientists+claim+to+be+adherents+of+that+position.+It+is+argued+here+that+there+are+indeed+some+similarities+between+Aristotle's+theory+and+that+of+contemporary+functionalists%2C+but+that+the+differences+between+them+make+it+misleading%2C+at+best%2C+for+functionalists+to+look+to+Aristotle+for+ancient+support.+In+particular%2C+it+is+argued+that+Aristotle+would+not+have+--+indeed%2C+specifically+did+not+--+support+the+claim%2C+central+to+functionalism%2C+that+the+mind+can%2C+in+principle%2C+be+transported+from+one+body+to+another+simply+by+instantiating+in+the+new+body+some+set+of+organizational+properties+that+were+instantiated+in+the+old.&rft.date=1998&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1370%2F1%2FAristotle-functionalist.htm&rft.identifier=++Green%2C+Christopher+D.++(1998)+The+Thoroughly+Modern+Aristotle%3A+Was+He+Really+a+Functionalist%3F++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1370%2F