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Cognitive neuroscience raises several foundational issues. A first issue is how to account for our feeling that we are in control of our actions. A second issue is how to account for the relation between the mind and the nervous system. A third issue is how cognitive neuroscience supports its conclusions. A fourth issue is how cognitive neuroscience explains phenomena. A fifth issue is how to account for the notions of neural representation and neural computation.
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Piccinini, G. (2015). Foundational Issues in Cognitive Neuroscience: Introduction. In: Clausen, J., Levy, N. (eds) Handbook of Neuroethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4707-4_3
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