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What is the primary function of the pain mechanism according to functionalism?
What is a key addition of functionalism to the concept of pain?
What is the definition of mental kinds according to functionalism?
What is an example of a typical pain output according to the text?
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What is the role of tissue damage in the pain mechanism?
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What is implied by the mind-computer analogy in the context of pain?
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What defines an engine, according to the text?
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What is a critical feature of pain that contributes to an organism's adaptation and survival?
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What is a key difference between hearts in humans and other species?
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What is implied about the evolution of pain mechanisms in different species?
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What is the consequence of congenitally lacking the capacity to sense pain?
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What is the term used in the text to describe the biological mechanisms that detect tissue damage?
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What do type physicalists argue is the common property among all instances of pain?
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According to behaviorists, what determines whether two organisms are in pain at the same time?
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What is the principle of individuation for mental kinds?
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What do all pains, regardless of species, have in common?
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What do type physicalists and behaviorists have in common?
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What is implied by the multiple realization of mental states?
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