Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience - Softcover

Bennett, M. R.; Hacker, P. M. S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 140510838X ISBN 13: 9781405108386

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2003

Synopsis

In this provocative survey, a distinguished philosopher and a leading neuroscientist outline the conceptual problems at the heart of cognitive neuroscience.

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• Surveys the conceptual problems inherent in many neuroscientific theories.
  
• Encourages neuroscientists to pay more attention to conceptual questions.
  
• Provides conceptual maps for students and researchers in cognitive neuroscience and psychology.
  
• Written by a distinguished philosopher and leading neuroscientist.
  
• Avoids the use of philosophical jargon.
  
• Constitutes an essential reference work for elucidation of concepts in cognitive neuroscience and psychology.

About this title

Book Description:

In this provocative work, a distinguished philosopher and a leading neuroscientist outline the conceptual problems at the heart of cognitive neuroscience. Writing from a scientifically and philosophically informed perspective, the authors provide a critical overview of the conceptual difficulties encountered in many current neuroscientific and psychological theories, including those of Blakemore, Crick, Damasio, Edelman, Gazzaniga, Kandel, Kosslyn, LeDoux, Penrose and Weiskrantz. They propose that conceptual confusions about how the brain relates to the mind affect the intelligibility of research carried out by neuroscientists, in terms of the questions they choose to address, the description and interpretation of results and the conclusions they draw. The book forms both a critique of the practice of cognitive neuroscience and a conceptual handbook for students and researchers.

About the Author:

M. R. Bennett AO is Professor of Physiology and University Chair at the University of Sydney. He is the author of many papers and books in neuroscience, including The Idea of Consciousness (1997) and A History of the Synapse (2001). He is President of the International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience, Past President of the Australian Neuroscience Society, and the recipient of numerous awards for his research in neuroscience, including the Neuroscience Medal, the Ramaciotti Medal and the Macfarlane Burnet Medal.

P. M. S. Hacker is a Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford. He is the author of numerous books and articles on philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, and the leading authority on the philosophy of Wittgenstein. Among his many publications is the monumental five-volume Analytical Commentary on Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, and its epilogue Wittgenstein's Place in Twentieth Century Analytic Philosophy, published by Blackwell (first two volumes co-authored with G. P. Baker).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 140510838X
• ISBN 13: 9781405108386
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480