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No matter if you interpret functional as an<br />

input-output relation (machine functionalism) or<br />

use (teleological functionalism), mental states,<br />

such as thirst are multiply realizable.<br />

A waiter can conduct addition.<br />

A computer can conduct addition.<br />

An alien can have thirst, pain, etc.<br />

A chimpanzee can have thirst, pain, etc.

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