How is Block’s Central Argument against Functionalism?

Asian Research Journal of Arts and Social Sciences 5 (1):01-04 (2018)
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Abstract

Block argued against functionalism. The argument was metaphorized by building a normal body but with the brain of a homunculus. A review of the metaphorization exposes that the argument is inadequate to avoid the weakness of the functionalist doctrine.

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Troubles with functionalism.Ned Block - 1978 - Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science 9:261-325.

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