{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7213445086","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x25103919","title":"Aeroplanes also fly: Analytic functionalism and the possibility of machine consciousness","display_name":"Aeroplanes also fly: Analytic functionalism and the possibility of machine consciousness","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7213445086","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x25103919","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42750552"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1017/s0140525x25103919","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x25103919","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x25103919","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S59628311","display_name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","issn_l":"0140-525X","issn":["0140-525X","1469-1825"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","erih-plus","jufo-2","ki-jl-2","medline","norway-2","poland-200","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://philpapers.org/archive/SHEAAF-7.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5019796085","display_name":"Henry Shevlin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7753-3281","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7753-3281"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I241749","display_name":"University of Cambridge","ror":"https://ror.org/013meh722","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I241749"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Henry Shevlin","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Cambridge"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7753-3281","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Cambridge","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I241749"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5019796085"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I241749"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"49","issue":null,"first_page":"e362","last_page":"e362"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10258","display_name":"Philosophy and Theoretical Science","score":0.9042999744415283,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10258","display_name":"Philosophy and Theoretical Science","score":0.9042999744415283,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11883","display_name":"Embodied and Extended Cognition","score":0.07670000195503235,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13308","display_name":"Cybernetics and Technology in Society","score":0.01080000028014183,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1207","display_name":"History and Philosophy of Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-consciousness","display_name":"artificial consciousness","score":0.9660000205039978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/autopoiesis","display_name":"autopoiesis","score":0.800000011920929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/predictive-processing","display_name":"predictive processing","score":0.9520000219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/free-energy-principle","display_name":"free energy principle","score":0.9980000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/biological-consciousness","display_name":"biological consciousness","score":0.7160000205039978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"artificial intelligence","score":0.5189999938011169}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186720457","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7087","display_name":"Consciousness","level":2,"score":0.9021999835968018},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C43252294","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1377166","display_name":"Functionalism (philosophy of mind)","level":2,"score":0.8303999900817871},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C129979053","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2993663","display_name":"Artificial consciousness","level":3,"score":0.6205000281333923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188147891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147638","display_name":"Cognitive science","level":1,"score":0.5665000081062317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.45730000734329224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.4309999942779541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.3077000081539154},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.272599995136261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13019672","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282250","display_name":"Qualia","level":3,"score":0.2718999981880188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.24420000612735748}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D001185","descriptor_name":"Artificial Intelligence","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D003243","descriptor_name":"Consciousness","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1017/s0140525x25103919","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x25103919","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x25103919","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S59628311","display_name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","issn_l":"0140-525X","issn":["0140-525X","1469-1825"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","erih-plus","jufo-2","ki-jl-2","medline","norway-2","poland-200","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:42750552","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42750552","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Behavioral and brain sciences","raw_type":"Journal Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:philpapers.org/rec/SHEAAF-7","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://philpapers.org/rec/SHEAAF-7","pdf_url":"https://philpapers.org/archive/SHEAAF-7.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402130","display_name":"PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:philarchive.org/rec/SHEAAF-7","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://philarchive.org/rec/SHEAAF-7","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402130","display_name":"PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:philpapers.org/rec/SHEAAF-7","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://philpapers.org/rec/SHEAAF-7","pdf_url":"https://philpapers.org/archive/SHEAAF-7.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402130","display_name":"PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7213445086.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7213445086.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":2,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W4230736257","https://openalex.org/W4300758673"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7160229347","https://openalex.org/W7213446448","https://openalex.org/W7117487388","https://openalex.org/W2618924406","https://openalex.org/W7214277249","https://openalex.org/W7213452126","https://openalex.org/W7203621259","https://openalex.org/W4317513182","https://openalex.org/W7210269960","https://openalex.org/W4414904715"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"consciousness":[0,30,52,65],"cannot":[1],"be":[2,43],"understood":[3],"without":[4],"life's":[5],"distinctive":[6],"machinery":[7],"-":[8,53,57],"autopoiesis,":[9],"allostatic":[10],"control,":[11],"predictive":[12],"processing":[13],"under":[14],"the":[15,26,59],"free-energy":[16],"principle,":[17],"and":[18],"substrate-entangled":[19],"dynamics.":[20],"I":[21],"agree":[22],"that":[23,28],"this":[24],"undercuts":[25],"expectation":[27],"humanlike":[29],"will":[31],"\"come":[32],"for":[33],"free\"":[34],"with":[35],"more":[36],"intelligent":[37],"machines.":[38],"However,":[39],"we":[40],"should":[41],"also":[42],"cautious":[44],"about":[45],"drawing":[46],"extrapolations":[47],"from":[48],"features":[49,56],"of":[50,61,64],"biological":[51],"even":[54],"essential":[55],"to":[58],"possibility":[60],"exotic":[62],"forms":[63],"in":[66],"artificial":[67],"systems.":[68]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2026-09-17T00:00:00"}