To treat severe cases of epilepsy, physicians will remove half the patient’s brain. They have found that, in time, the person can resume a normal life because the remaining half of the brain takes...

To treat severe cases of epilepsy, physicians will remove half the patient’s brain. They have found that, in time, the person can resume a normal life because the remaining half of the brain takes over most of the cognitive and motor skills once performed by the missing half. How does this research support the functionalist’s claim that our mental states are not identical with any particular physical embodiment but that they are a collection of psychological patterns and causal relations that could be realized in different sorts of physical media?