Minds, brains, and law : the conceptual foundations of law and neuroscience / Michael S. Pardo and Dennis Patterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pardo, Michael S.

Contributor:

Patterson, Dennis M. (Dennis Michael), 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Practice of law--Psychological aspects.

Practice of law.

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

Brain.

Jurisprudence.

Cognitive neuroscience.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pardo and Patterson assess the philosophical questions that arise when neuroscientific research and technology are applied in the legal system. It examines the arguments favouring the increased use of neuroscience in law, the means for assessing its reliability in legal proceedings, and the integration of neuroscientific research into substantive legal doctrines. The book uses its explorations to inform a corrective inquiry into the mistaken inferences and conceptual errors that arise from mismatched concepts, such as the mental disconnect of what constitutes 'lying' on a lie detection test.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""I. Clarifications and Caveats about the Scope of This Project""; ""II. A Brief Overview of the Science and Technology""; ""III. A Summary of the Chapters""; ""1. Philosophical Issues""; ""I. The Conceptual and the Empirical""; ""II. Criterial and Inductive Evidence""; ""III. Unconscious Rule Following""; ""IV. Interpretation""; ""V. Knowledge""; ""VI. The Mereological Fallacy""; ""2. The Concept of Mind""; ""I. Neuro-Reductionism""; ""II. Eliminative Materialism and the “Theory� of Folk Psychology""

""III. Two Examples of Neuro-Reductionism and Its Implications for Law""""IV. Conceptions of Mind and the Role of Neuroscience in Law""; ""3. Neuroscience and Legal Theory: Jurisprudence, Morality, and Economics""; ""I. Jurisprudence""; ""II. Emotion and Moral Judgments""; ""III. Mind, Moral Grammar, and Knowledge""; ""IV. Neuroeconomics""; ""4. Brain-Based Lie Detection""; ""I. fMRI Lie Detection""; ""II. EEG Lie Detection (“Brain Fingerprinting�)""; ""III. Analysis: Empirical, Conceptual, and Practical Issues""; ""5. Criminal Law Doctrine""; ""I. Actus Reus""; ""II. Mens Rea""

""III. Insanity""""6. Criminal Procedure""; ""I. Fourth Amendment""; ""II. Fifth Amendment""; ""III. Due Process""; ""7. Theories of Criminal Punishment""; ""I. A Brief Taxonomy of Theories of Criminal Punishment""; ""II. The First Challenge: Brains and Punishment Decisions""; ""III. The Second Challenge: Neuroscience and Intuitions about Punishment""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Table of Cases""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-936859-7

0-19-937007-9

OCLC:

864898696