Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 533 g
A New Reductive Account
Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 533 g
Reihe: Epistemische Studien / Epistemic Studies
ISBN: 978-3-11-032225-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
This book explores the mind-body issue from both the perspectives of philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. Starting from the problem of mental causation, it provides an overview of the contemporary metaphysical discussion and argues in favour of the token-identity thesis, as the only position that can account for the causal efficacy of the mental. Showing furthermore that this ontological reductionism is not dissociable from epistemological reductionism, the author applies a new strategy of inter-theoretic reduction, which is compatible with the multiple realizability of mental properties. Using functionally defined sub-types, this account establishes a conservative reduction of psychology to neuroscience, which vindicates both the scientific legitimacy and the theoretical indispensability of psychology. This account is illustrated by several empirical examples borrowed from contemporary neuroscience.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
