According to Churchland, the "argument from irreducibility" has less force than it appears because
A) many supposedly irreducible features, such as the capacity for math or language, seem to be reproducible by purely physical computers.
B) despite some modest successes, such as electronic calculators, computers have not yet managed to reproduce the irreducible features of mental life.
C) despite plenty of anecdotes and bit of serious research, there is no convincing evidence for the existence of psychic powers such as telepathy.
D) neuroscientists have managed to understand the qualitative experience of other animals, such as bats, by looking at the structure of the animals' brains.

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Churchland argues that many features that were previously thought to be irreducible and only explainable by non-physical means, such as language and mathematics, can actually be reproduced by physical computers. Therefore, the argument from irreducibility has less force than it appears.

According to Churchland, the "Argument from Irreducibility" Has Less Force