Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience

Name: Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience
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ISBN: 9781405108386

ISBN-10: 140510838X

ISBN-13: 9781405108386

Edition: 2003

Authors: M. R. Bennett, P. M. S. Hacker

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In this work, two distinguished figures from neuroscience and philosophy present a detailed critical survey of the philosophical foundations of cognitive neuroscience. The book gives a critical conceptual overview of the difficulties encountered in many current neuroscientific theories.

Book details

List price: $62.25
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/18/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.61" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English



Preface



Philosophical Problems In Neuroscience


Their Historical and Conceptual Roots



The Early Growth Of Neuroscientific Knowledge


The Integrative Action Of The Nervous System.Aristotle, Galen And Nemesius


The Origins Of The Ventricular Doctrine.Fernel And Descartes


The Demise Of The Ventricular Doctrine.The Cortical Doctrine Of Willis And Its Aftermath.The Conception Of A Reflex


Bell, Magendie And Marshall Hall.Localizing Function In The Cortex:


Broca, Fritz And Hitzig.The Integrative Action Of The Nervous System


Sherrington



The Cortex And The Mind In The Work Of Sherrington And His Proteges



The Continuing Cartesian Impact.Edgar Adrian: Hesitant Cartesianism John Eccles And The 'Liaison Brain '.Wilder Penfield And The 'Highest Brain Mechanism '



The Mereological Fallacy And Its Manifestation In Contemporary Neuroscientific Thought.Mereological Confusions In Cognitive Neuroscience:



Methodological Qualms:



On The Grounds For Ascribing Psychological Predicates To A Being:



On The Grounds For Misascribing Psychological Predicates To An Inner Entity: (Damasio, Edelman And Tononi, Kosslyn And Ochsner, Searle, James, Libet, Humphrey, Blakemore, Crick)


The Inner: (Damasio).Introspection:



Privileged Access: Direct And Indirect: (Blakemore).Privacy Or Subjectivity: (Searle)


The Meaning Of Psychological Predicates And How They Are Learnt: (Searle)


Of The Mind And Its Nature:




Human Faculties and Contemporary Neuroscience: an Analysis:Preliminaries.Brain-Body Dualism:



The Project:



The Category Of The Psychological:




Sensation and Perception.Sensation:



Perception:



Perception As Hypothesis Formation: Helmholtz: