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The brain abstracted : simplification in the history and philosophy of neuroscience / M. Chirimuuta.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chirimuuta, M. (Mazviita), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neurology.
- Neurons.
- Neurosciences--Philosophy.
- Neurosciences.
- Cognitive science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (374 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "An opinionated history of neuroscience, which argues that--due to the brain's complexity--neuroscientific theories have only captured partial truths, and therefore "neurophilosophy" is unlikely to be achieved"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Footholds
- Part II 3. The Reflex theory: misleading simplicity in early neuroscience
- 4. Your brain is like a computer
- 5. Ideal patterns and "Simple" cells
- 6. Why "Neural Representations?"
- 7. The Heraclitean brain
- Part III 8. Prediction, comprehension, and the limits of science
- 9. Revisiting the fallacy of misplaced concreteness
- 10. Cartesian idealisation.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Chirimuuta, M. Brain abstracted
- ISBN:
- 0-262-37862-0
- 0-262-37863-9
- OCLC:
- 1402235969
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