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The belief that form should be adapted to structural and material use, which emphasizes practical utility and functional relatations. It is also the view that the essence of a thing or system is separate from its functional components. What characterizes a functional component is its role in relating inputs to outputs and its relations to other functional components.


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Consciousness in Human and Robot Minds By Daniel Dennett

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