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Autore |
Soom Patrice |
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Titolo |
From psychology to neuroscience [[electronic resource] ] : a new reductive account / / Patrice Soom |
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Frankfurt ; ; New Brunswick, : Ontos Verlag, 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (322 p.) |
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Collana |
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Epistemische Studien : Schriften zur Erkenntnis- und Wissenschaftstheorie ; ; Bd. 21 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mind and body |
Philosophy of mind |
Psychology - Philosophy |
Neurosciences - Philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE PROBLEM OF MENTAL CAUSATION -- 3. ONTOLOGICAL REDUCTIONISM -- 4. PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE -- 5. EPISTEMOLOGICAL REDUCTIONISM -- 6. REDUCTION BY MEANS OF FUNCTIONAL SUB-TYPES -- 7. REDUCTION OF PSYCHOLOGY TO NEUROSCIENCE: CASES STUDIES -- 8. FINAL REMARKS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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