02756nam 22006254a 450 991045190730332120200520144314.00-19-956822-71-281-15533-097866111553390-19-153844-21-4356-2412-2(CKB)1000000000482018(EBL)716736(OCoLC)731646896(SSID)ssj0000086767(PQKBManifestationID)11111402(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086767(PQKBWorkID)10030740(PQKB)11549663(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075129(MiAaPQ)EBC716736(Au-PeEL)EBL716736(CaPaEBR)ebr10211798(CaONFJC)MIL115533(EXLCZ)99100000000048201820061226d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExplaining the brain[electronic resource] mechanisms and the mosaic unity of neuroscience /Carl F. CraverOxford Clarendon Press ;New York : Oxford University Press20071 online resource (329 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-171507-7 0-19-929931-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-291) and index.Contents; List of Figures and Tables; 1. Introduction: Starting with Neuroscience; 2. Explanation and Causal Relevance; 3. Causal Relevance and Manipulation; 4. The Norms of Mechanistic Explanation; 5. A Field-Guide to Levels; 6. Nonfundamental Explanation; 7. The Mosaic Unity of Neuroscience; Bibliography; IndexWhat distinguishes good explanations in neuroscience from bad? Carl F. Craver constructs and defends standards for evaluating neuroscientific explanations that are grounded in a systematic view of what neuroscientific explanations are: descriptions of multilevel mechanisms. In developing this approach, he draws on a wide range of examples in the history of neuroscience (e.g. Hodgkin and Huxleys model of the action potential and LTP as a putative explanation for different kinds ofmemory), as well as recent philosophical work on the nature of scientific explanation. Readers in neuroscience, psycNeurosciencesPhilosophyBrainPhilosophyElectronic books.NeurosciencesPhilosophy.BrainPhilosophy.612.8Craver Carl F504566MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451907303321Explaining the brain808654UNINA