Keywords:
Bennett, M. R. -- Philosophical foundations of neuroscience.
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Cognitive neuroscience -- Philosophy.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Neuroscience and Philosophy begins with an excerpt from Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience, in which Maxwell Bennett and Peter Hacker question the conceptual commitments of cognitive neuroscientists. Daniel Dennett and John Searle then criticize their position, and Bennett and Hacker respond. Their impassioned exchange encompasses a wide range of central themes: the nature of consciousness, the bearer and location of psychological attributes, the intelligibility of so-called brain maps and representations, the notion of qualia, and the relationships between mind, brain, and body. Pulling all of these strands together, Daniel Robinson then explains why this confrontation is so crucial to the understanding of neuroscientific research. Clearly argued and thoroughly engaging, the authors present fundamentally different conceptions of philosophical method, cognitive-neuroscientific explanation, and human nature, and their debate will appeal to anyone interested in the relation of mind to brain, of psychology to neuroscience, of causal to rational explanation, and of consciousness to self-consciousness.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (233 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780231511940
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=908491
DDC:
128.2
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Introduction by Daniel Robinson vii -- THE ARGUMENT -- Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience: The Introduction, M. R. Bennett and P.M.S. Hacker -- Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience: An Excerpt from Chapter 3, M. R. Bennett and P.M.S. Hacker -- Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience: An Excerpt from Chapter 10, M. R. Bennett and P.M.S. Hacker -- Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience: An Excerpt from Chapter 14: The Concluding Remarks, M. R. Bennett and P.M.S. Hacker -- Neuroscience and Philosophy Maxwell Bennett -- THE REBUTTALS -- Philosophy as Naive Anthropology: Comment on Bennett and Hacker, Daniel Dennett -- Putting Consciousness Back in the Brain: Reply to Bennett and Hacker, Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience, John Searle -- REPLY TO THE REBUTTALS -- The Conceptual Presuppositions of Cognitive Neuroscience: A Reply to Critics Maxwell Bennett and Peter Hacker -- Epilogue: Maxwell Bennett -- Still Looking: Science and Philosophy in Pursuit of Prince Reason, Daniel Robinson -- NOTES.
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