Sentence examples for functional definition from inspiring English sources

Scientific or philosophic responses to this problem often propose a functional definition: an organism is dead when its integrative and homeostatic functions are irreversibly lost [ 32].

The "inverted qualia" objection to functionalism maintains that there could be an individual who (for example) satisfies the functional definition of our experience of red, but is experiencing green instead.

"That's a functional definition of a cure".

"I don't feel I'm particularly qualified to judge exactly what a precise functional definition of genocide is, but it seemed a no-brainer that killing a million people because they were Armenians fit the definition".

The survey used a very broad, functional definition of paralysis, counting as paralyzed anyone who had either "inability" or "difficulty" moving arms or legs, as long as it was caused by a central nervous disorder and not arthritis or back trouble.

The bill addressed the vexing question of defining who is a journalist in the Internet era by combining a functional definition that would apply to anyone who collects and disseminates information of public interest, including bloggers, with the requirement that the activity be conducted on a regular basis.

Reactivity thus becomes the functional definition of immune identity.

Moreover, there is disagreement about how we arrive at a functional definition of a property.

The possibility of madmen pushes us away from a simple functional definition of pain.

The functional definition of each intelligent agent is presented and the agent internal structure is designed.

Armed with these notations, we first provide a functional definition of a Biometric Access Control system.