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This chapter discusses some logical problems that are inseparably linked to the reductionist positions held in cognitive neuroscience. It deals with category mistakes but elaborates in particular on what Bennett und Hacker have called a mereological fallacy: the neuroscientists’ mistake of ascribing attributes to the constituent parts of an animal that logically apply only to the whole animal.
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Berger, E. (2021). Persistent Biologism and the Misuse of Neuropsychology: An Activity Theoretical Contribution. In: Discussing Cognitive Neuroscience. Annals of Theoretical Psychology, vol 17. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71040-8_5
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