Explanation and integration in mind and brain science / edited by David M. Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaplan, David Michael, 1975- editor.

UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of mind.

Neurosciences--Philosophy.

Neurosciences.

Psychology--Philosophy.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This collection brings together a set of new papers that advance the debate concerning the nature of explanation in mind and brain science, and help to clarify the prospects for genuine integration across these fields. Long a topic of debate among philosophers and scientists alike, there is growing appreciation that understanding the complex relationship between the psychological sciences and the neurosciences, especially how their respective explanatory frameworks interrelate, is of fundamental importance for achieving progress across these scientific domains. Traditional philosophical discussions tend to construe the relationship between them in stark terms-either they are related in terms of complete independence (i.e., autonomy) or complete dependence (i.e., reduction), leaving little room for more interesting relations such as that of mutually beneficial interaction or integration. A unifying thread across the diverse set of contributions to this volume is the rejection of the assumption that no stable middle ground exists between these two extremes, and common embrace of the idea that these sciences are partially dependent on or constrained by one another. By addressing whether the explanatory patterns employed across these domains are similar or different in kind, and to what extent they inform and constrain each another, this volume helps to $$$ prospects for successfully integrating mind and brain science. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Integrating Mind and Brain Science: A Field Guide / David M. Kaplan Kaplan, David M. 1

2 Neuroscience, Psychology, Reduction, and Functional Analysis / Martin Roth Roth, Martin, Robert Cummins Cummins, Robert 29

3 The Explanatory Autonomy of Cognitive Models / Daniel A. Weiskopf Weiskopf, Daniel A. 44

4 Explanation in Neurobiology: An Interventionist Perspective / James Woodward Woodward, James 70

5 The Whole Story: Explanatory Autonomy and Convergent Evolution / Michael Strevens Strevens, Michael 101

6 Brains and Beliefs: On the Scientific Integration of Folk Psychology / Dominic Murphy Murphy, Dominic 119

7 Function-Theoretic Explanation and the Search for Neural Mechanisms / Frances Egan Egan, Frances 145

8 Neural Computation, Multiple Realizability, and the Prospects for Mechanistic Explanation / David M. Kaplan Kaplan, David M. 164

9 Marr's Computational Level and Delineating Phenomena / Oron Shagrir Shagrir, Oron, William Bechtel Bechtel, William 190

10 Multiple Realization, Autonomy, and Integration / Kenneth Aizawa Aizawa, Kenneth 215

11 A Unified Mechanistic Account of Teleological Functions for Psychology and Neuroscience / Corey J. Maley Maley, Corey J., Gualtiero Piccinini Piccinini, Gualtiero 236.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780191508714

0191508713

Publisher Number:

40027856440

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Restricted for use by site license.