Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain

✍ Scribed by Patricia Smith Churchland

• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 542
• Edition: First MIT Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Five chapters in the book's first part, "Some Elementary Neuroscience," sketch the history of the science of nervous systems and provide a general introduction to neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, and neuropsychology. In the second part, "Recent Developments in the Philosophy of Science," chapters place the mind-body problem within the wider context of the philosophy of science. Drawing on recent research in this area, a general account of intertheoretic reduction is explained, arguments for a reductionist strategy are developed, and traditional objections from dualists and other anti reductionists are answered in novel ways. The third part, "A Neurophilosophical Perspective," concludes the book with a presentation and discussion of some of the most promising theoretical developments currently under exploration in functional neurobiology and in the connectionist models within artificial intelligence research.Patricia Churchland is Professor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego. A Bradford Book.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface......Page 2
Neurophilosophy......Page 5
I. Some Elementary Neuroscience......Page 17
1. The Science of Nervous Sketch Systems : A Historical Sketch......Page 19
2. Modern Theory of Neurons......Page 41
3. Functional Neuroanatomy......Page 104
4. Higher Functions : Early Work......Page 152
5. Higher Functions : Neuropsychology and Neurology......Page 175
6. Introduction and Historical Sketch......Page 242
7. Reduction and the Mind -Body Problem......Page 280
8. Are Mental States Irreducible to Neurobiological States?......Page 317
9. Functionalist Psychology......Page 350
10. Theories of Brain Function......Page 402
11. Closing Remarks......Page 479
Notes......Page 481
Bibliography......Page 488
Index......Page 521

✦ Subjects

Философские дисциплины;Первоисточники по философии;