Neurophilosophy Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain

Name: Neurophilosophy Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain
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ISBN: 9780262530859

ISBN-10: 0262530856

ISBN-13: 9780262530859

Edition: 1989

Authors: Patricia Smith Churchland

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Neurophilosophy is a rich interdisciplinary study of the prospects for a unified cognitive neurobiology. Contemporary research in the empirical neurosciences, and recent research in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of science, are used to illuminate fundamental questions concerning the relation between abstract cognitive theory and substantive neuroscience. Patricia Smith Churchland is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. A Bradford Book.

Book details

List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/7/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

Patricia S. Churchland is professor emerita of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. Her books include "Brain-Wise" and "Neurophilosophy". In 1991, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.



Preface


General Introduction



Some Elementary Neuroscience



The Science of Nervous Systems: A Historical Sketch



Modern Theory of Neurons



Functional Neuroanatomy



Higher Functions: Early Work



Higher Functions: Neuropsychology and Neurology



Recent Developments in the Philosophy of Science



Introduction and Historical Sketch



Reduction and the Mind-Body Problem



Are Mental States Irreducible to Neurobiological States?



Functional Psychology



A Neurophilosophical Perspective



Theories of Brain Function



Closing Remarks


Notes


Bibliography


Index