RIP Functionalism.

The legacy of a key functionalist.

The philosopher, Daniel Dennett, of Tufts University, Boston, died last week, aged 82. As mentioned on April 9th, there will be a chapter on his work in my forthcoming volume on theories in psychiatry, due in July. The book is with the publishers now, so it won't be changed. Dennett was openly contemptuous of the concept of dualism, the idea that mind a…