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| Neurophilosophy: the expression is based on an influential book by Patricia Churchland (P. Churchland, Neurophilosophy - Toward a Unified Science of Mind-Brain, 1986). It describes approaches to explain the relationship between neurophysiological processes and mental states and phenomena. See also psychology, mind body problem, folk psychology._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Patricia Churchland on Neurophilosophy - Dictionary of Arguments
II 463 Neurophilosophy/Churchland thesis: Neuroscience can reveal the mechanisms underlying psychological functions. I emphasize the empirical character. These are not problems of conceptual analysis. Reduction is the most promising strategy._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Churla I Paul M. Churchland Matter and Consciousness Cambridge 2013 Churli I Patricia S. Churchland Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Brains New York 2014 Churli II Patricia S. Churchland "Can Neurobiology Teach Us Anything about Consciousness?" in: The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates ed. Block, Flanagan, Güzeldere pp. 127-140 In Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-17