@article{TiehenForthcoming-TIETRF,journal = {Erkenntnis},pages = {1--15},title = {The Role Functionalist Theory of Absences},author = {Justin Tiehen},year = {forthcoming},abstract = {Functionalist theories have been proposed for just about everything: mental states, dispositions, moral properties, truth, causation, and much else. The time has come for a functionalist theory of nothing. Or, more accurately, a role functionalist theory of those absences (omissions, negative events) that are causes and effects.}}@