Psychoneural reduction : the new wave / John Bickle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bickle, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Philosophy.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 240 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1998]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

John Bickle presents a new type of reductionism, one that is stronger than one-way dependency yet sidesteps the arguments that sank classical reductionism.One of the central problems in the philosophy of psychology is an updated version of the old mind-body problem: how levels of theories in the behavioral and brain sciences relate to one another. Many contemporary philosophers of mind believe that cognitive-psychological theories are not reducible to neurological theories. However, this antireductionism has not spawned a revival of dualism. Instead, most nonreductive physicalists prefer the idea of a one-way dependence of the mental on the physical. In Psychoneural Reduction, John Bickle presents a new type of reductionism, one that is stronger than one-way dependency yet sidesteps the arguments that sank classical reductionism. Although he makes some concessions to classical antireductionism, he argues for a relationship between psychology and neurobiology that shares some of the key aims, features, and consequences of classical reductionism. Parts of Bickle's "new wave" reductionism have emerged piecemeal over the past two decades; this is his first comprehensive statement and defense of it to appear.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262268530

0262268531

0585038252

9780585038254

OCLC:

690115544

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