According to Ned Block, functionalism aims to find the answer to the question (“What are mental states?”), (“What are mental states?”). One of the characteristics of functionalism is that it views each form of mental state as a state that includes the tendency to behave in a particular way in addition to possessing particular mental states. Functionalists are generally concerned with the individuation of mental states, partly on the basis of causal relations to other mental states. As Shoemaker explains in his 1975 work, functionalism, from the perspective of the philosophy of mind, is the belief that psychological or mental terms can be suppressed to some extent. Functionalists are known for treating terms related to mental states as mental terms. functional characterization of states that differs from input and output terms. Therefore, in a (“simplified version of Turing-machine theory”), mental states are associated with the states of the Turing machine, which are clearly defined by themselves. machine table that mentions outputs and outputs that are explored in a non-mentalistic manner. Furthermore, functionalism understands that the characterization of mental states should include descriptions of the outputs and inputs in both its non-machine and machine versions. The variation between psychofunctionalism and functionalism highlights a difference in the specification of outputs and inputs. Functionalists are limited to specifying the outputs and inputs that constitute commonsense knowledge; Psychofunctionalists are not bound by such restrictions. While both sides emphasize the outputs and inputs of physical specifications, functionalists are fond of externally observable classifications. Psychofunction...... middle of paper ......the process of counting the impulses of neurons to give inputs and outputs helps avoid the dilemma just outlined, because the brains contained in a bottle and paralytics would have the right impulses from neurons, but without bodily movements. The objection, however, would be that there is a possible paralysis that affects the body's nervous system, and this can therefore affect neuronal impulses. Psychofunctionalism therefore presents the same problem as that presented by functionalism. A good answer would be that diseases of the nervous system have the potential to change the mentality, for example, they make the victim never feel a sensation of pain. Therefore, there is a probability of reliability in concluding that a widespread disease of the nervous system that caused intermittent paralysis rendered people incapable of various mental states..