LEADER 03913nam 22006495 450 001 9910882892803321 005 20250808093403.0 010 $a9783031575594 010 $a3031575598 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-57559-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31613200 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31613200 035 $a(CKB)34272192400041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-57559-4 035 $a(OCoLC)1453499907 035 $a(EXLCZ)9934272192400041 100 $a20240824d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Representational Fallacy in Neuroscience and Psychology $eA Critical Analysis /$fby Maxwell R Bennett, Peter M S Hacker 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (92 pages) 311 08$a9783031575587 311 08$a303157558X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. The Varieties of Conceptions of Representation -- 2. The Early History of Representations in Experimental Psychology -- 3. The Early History of Neural Representations. 330 $aThis book traces the history and coherence of the use of the word ?representations? from its origins, particularly in the description of artefacts, to its use in the description of so-called mental and neural representations in the mind and in the brain. It is shown that there are no good reasons for this transition. Experimental psychology is confused in taking what one perceives to be a mental representation. Neuroscientists need to avoid moving readily between the notions of neural and mental representations; indeed even the logic of taking a pattern of neural activity as standing for some sensibly experienced characteristic requires elucidation. It is concluded that the word ?representation? when used in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience is confounding. Maxwell R Bennett is Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience and held the first University Chair for ?research recognized internationally to be of exceptional distinction? at the University of Sydney. This research is on the biophysics and neurobiology of synapses. He is the author and c0-author of over 300 papers as well as of thirteen books on the neuroscience, history and philosophy of this subject. In the last twenty years he founded The Brain and Mind Research Institute, as well as The Mind & Neuroscience Thompson Institute, each concerned with ameliorating mental illness. Peter Hacker is Emeritus Fellow of St John's College, Oxford and holds an Honorary Professorship at University College, London at the Institute of Neurology. He is a leading authority on the philosophy of Wittgenstein, has written extensively on philosophy and neuroscience, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of human nature. He is author and co-author of more than twenty-five books. 606 $aPhilosophy of mind 606 $aPsychology, Experimental 606 $aNeurosciences 606 $aCognitive science 606 $aPhilosophy of Mind 606 $aExperimental Psychology 606 $aNeuroscience 606 $aCognitive Science 615 0$aPhilosophy of mind. 615 0$aPsychology, Experimental. 615 0$aNeurosciences. 615 0$aCognitive science. 615 14$aPhilosophy of Mind. 615 24$aExperimental Psychology. 615 24$aNeuroscience. 615 24$aCognitive Science. 676 $a153 700 $aBennett$b M. R.$01756469 702 $aHacker$b Peter M. S. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910882892803321 996 $aThe Representational Fallacy in Neuroscience and Psychology$94230345 997 $aUNINA