Sentence examples for the functional definition from inspiring English sources

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.

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

In this paper, we will show how the use of virtual reality helps designers to transform the functional definition of the product into the design of its structure, during the conceptual design phase.

This paper suggests the Data Extraction, Recording and Analysis Tool (DERAT) for the data analysis of the integrated performance of the combat system, including the functional definition, architecture and effectiveness of the DERAT by presenting the test results.

"I would be willing to claim that if you look in my blog, what I'm doing is so similar to what Lewis or Krugman or Safire do," he said, referring to Anthony Lewis, Paul Krugman and William Safire, current and former columnists for The Times, that "although it's done more informally and it's about a much narrower area, that I could claim that I was in the functional definition.

As part of an attempt to pin down the exact physiological role of these enzymes, both a N-terminal glutathione S-transferase and a C-terminal histidine-tagged form of the protein were created to enable "pull-down" assays and identify interacting partners which could aid in the functional definition.

(Though functionalists of course acknowledge that the first-order states that satisfy the functional definitions may vary from species to species — or even from individual to individual — they specify that, for each individual, the functional definitions be uniquely satisfied).

In this study, integrative analyses of miRNA and mRNA expression profiles in the same cell lines allow the functional definitions of miRNAs and their putative targets in leukemogenesis and myeloid differentiation.

Not surprisingly, courts around the country had accepted this functional definition of recess - until that is, the D.C. Circuit invented another way for Republican lawmakers to cripple the government "of the people".

This original approach makes it possible to vary the design of the different dimensions of the functional units of a complex system and thus to make it easier to identify the best architecture along with the best functional definition of the system.

The results of the morphological analysis of the vasculature formation in our model were consistent with the amended functional definition of the TSCs concept.