Brain Theory

Essays in Critical Neurophilosophy

  • Charles T. Wolfe
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction
      Daniels Gordon
      Pages 1-13

  3. Concepts and Prospects

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 15-15
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    2. Memory Traces between Brain Theory and Philosophy
      Jean-Claude Dupont
      Pages 17-34
    3. Pain and the Nature of Psychological Attributes
      Stephen Gaukroger
      Pages 35-44
    4. Is the Next Frontier in Neuroscience a ‘Decade of the Mind’?
      Jacqueline A. Sullivan
      Pages 45-67
    5. Neuroconstructivism: A Developmental Turn in Cognitive Neuroscience?
      Denis Forest
      Pages 68-87

  4. Naturalistic Approaches

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 89-89
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    2. Computing with Bodies: Morphology, Function, and Computational Theory
      John Symons, Paco Calvo
      Pages 91-106
    3. Embodied Collaboration in Small Groups
      Kellie Williamson, John Sutton
      Pages 107-133
    4. Little-e Eliminativism in Mainstream Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: Tensions for Neuro-Normativity
      John Bickle
      Pages 134-148
    5. Ethics and the Brains of Psychopaths: The Significance of Psychopathy for Our Ethical and Legal Theories
      William Hirstein, Katrina Sifferd
      Pages 149-170
    6. Memory Traces, Memory Errors, and the Possibility of Neural Lie Detection
      Sarah K. Robins
      Pages 171-191

  5. Evaluation and Speculation

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 193-193
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    2. Feminist Approaches to Neurocultures
      Sigrid Schmitz
      Pages 195-216
    3. Non-Reductive Integration in Social Cognitive Neuroscience: Multiple Systems Model and Situated Concepts
      Luc Faucher
      Pages 217-240
    4. History, Causal Information, and the Neuroscience of Art: Toward a Psycho-Historical Theory
      Nicolas J. Bullot
      Pages 241-263
    5. The Architectonics of the Mind’s Eye in the Age of Cognitive Capitalism
      Warren Neidich
      Pages 264-286
  6. Back Matter
    Pages 287-289
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About this book

Introduction

Philosophy has long puzzled over the relation between mind and brain. This volume presents some of the state-of-the-art reflections on philosophical efforts to 'make sense' of neuroscience, as regards issue including neuroaesthetics, brain science and the law, neurofeminism, embodiment, race, memory and pain.

Keywords

Critical neuroscience eliminativism embodiment neurophilosophy neuroethics neurolaw neuroaesthetics neurofeminism memory traces neuroconstructivism phantom limb social neuroscience brain Cognitive Neuroscience Embodiment memory mind neuroscience

Editors and affiliations

  • Charles T. Wolfe
    • 1
  1. 1.Ghent UniversityBelgium

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230369580
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-35057-5
  • Online ISBN 978-0-230-36958-0
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