Functionalism in Philosophy of the Sciences

November 26, 2025 - November 27, 2025
Centre for Philosophy and the Sciences (CPS), Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo

Georg Morgenstiernes Hus, Blindernveien 31, 0851 Oslo
Oslo
Norway

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University of Oslo
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Durham University
University of Copenhagen
Technische Universität Dresden
Cambridge University
Università della Svizzera Italiana
University of Geneva
University of Oslo

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University of Oslo

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“Functionalism is the idea that handsome is as handsome does, that matter only matters because of what matter can do. Functionalism in this broadest sense is so ubiquitous in science that it is tantamount to a reigning presumption of all of science.” D. Dennett, Sweet Dreams – Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness

Join us as we explore the utility and limitations of "functionalism" as a tool in philosophy of science and in the particular sciences: biology, chemistry, physics, mind, and mathematics, the metaphysics and epistemology of science.

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November 20, 2025, 12:00am CET

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