Hi Billy, Yeah, there's some interesting stuff there. I just heard Patricia Churchland do a delightful visit with my new best buds, the Partially Examined Life:
Patricia Churchland | The Partially Examined Life | A Philosophy Podcast and Blog FYI, they're a great model for the kind of Podcast we could/should do someday... -- Ernie P. On Aug 19, 2011, at 1:09 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Neurophilosophy > > From Wikipedia > Neurophilosophy or philosophy of neuroscience is the interdisciplinary study > of neuroscience and philosophy. Work in this field is often separated into > two distinct methods. The first method attempts to solve problems in > philosophy of mind with empirical information from the neurosciences. The > second method attempts to clarify neuroscientific results using the > conceptual rigor and methods of philosophy of science. > > Neurophilosophy explores the relevance of neuroscientific studies to > arguments in philosophy of mind. Theories in neurophilosophy tend to stand in > opposition to those of idealism and dualism, which seek to explain the mental > with reference to minds and ideas, rather than the structure and function of > the brain.[1] > > The foremost proponents of neurophilosophy are Patricia and Paul > Churchland[2]. > > Specific issues > > Four issues that are characteristic to neurophilosophy are[3]: > > "The indirectness of studies of mind and brain" > "Relations between psychological and neuroscientific inquiries" > "Modularity" > "Computational or representational analysis of brain processing" > List of neurophilosophers > > William Bechtel > Patricia Churchland > Paul Churchland > Francis Crick > Christof Koch > Gerhard Roth > Torsten de Winkel > Humberto Maturana > Jesse Prinz > Francisco Varela > William Hirstein > Ian Gold > Notes > > ^ Clark, 2000 > ^ Bechtel, Mandik and Mundale, 2001, p.viii > ^ Bechtel, Mandik and Mundale, 2001, citations: p.15, p.16, p.18, p.19 > See also > > Biophilosophy > Cognitive neuroscience > Eliminative Materialism > Functionalism > Multiple realisability > Neuroethics > Neurophenomenology > Neuropsychology > Philosophy of psychology > Reduction > References > > Bechtel, W., Mandik, P., Mundale, J. (2001). Philosophy meets the > neurosciences. In: Bechtel, W., Mandik, P., Mundale, J., & Stufflebeam, R. S. > (2001). Philosophy and the Neurosciences: A Reader. Malden, MA: Blackwell. > Clark, A. (2000). Mindware: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive > Science. New York: Oxford University Press. > > External links > > Neuroscience. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy > Philosophy and the Neurosciences Online Resources > Immagini della Mente: annual interdisciplinary meeting on Neurophilosophy at > the University of Milan > Neurophilosophy: Research in Philosophy of Neuroscience - University of Milan > Further reading > > Churchland, Patricia Smith (2002). Brain-Wise : Studies in Neurophilosophy. > The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-53200-6. > Churchland, Patricia Smith (1989). Neurophilosophy : Toward a Unified Science > of the Mind-Brain. The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-53085-9. > Clark, Andy (2000). Mindware: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive > Science. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195138573. > Northoff, Georg (2004). Philosophy of the Brain: The brain problem. John > Benjamins. ISBN 978-0-262-23214-2. > http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=AiCR%2052. > Walter, Henrik (2001). Neurophilosophy of Free Will: From Libertarian > Illusions to a Concept of Natural Autonomy. The MIT Press. 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