Philosophy and neuroscience: a methodological analysis

by Gouveia, Steven S.

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Full title :Philosophy and neuroscience : a methodological analysis / Steven S. Gouveia.

Summary

This book explores the methodological strategies for linking philosophy and neuroscience concerning the study of the conscious brain. The author focuses on four distinct methods for relating these two academic disciplines: isolationist, reductionist, neurophenomenological, and non-reductionist. After analyzing the pros and cons of these approaches, Steven S. Gouveia applies them to the concept of Qualia and Information to understand how the metaphilosophical assumptions of each approach influence the definitions of those specific concepts. Gouveia argues for an approach that conceives the interdisciplinarity of both philosophy and neuroscience, in a particular and sound methodology, offering empirical examples of the explanatory power of this methodology over the others. Additionally, he shows how the metaphilosophical assumptions of each methodologyusually taken by researchers implicitly and unconsciouslyinfluence their own approach to the methodological problem. Steven S. Gouveia is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Unit of the Royal Institute of Mental Health, University of Ottawa, Canada.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2022.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:Cham
Language:eng
Publication Date:2022.

Notes

5.1.2.3 Principle of Transdisciplinary Circularity.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (321 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783030953690, 3030953696
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-95369-0
oclc:on1311329237
LC Classification:QP356
Dewey Decimal:612.801

Intro -- Acknowledgement -- Praise for Philosophy and Neuroscience -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Methodological Problem in Philosophy and Neuroscience -- 1.1 General Introduction -- 1.2 Metaphilosophy: Introduction and Analysis -- 1.3 The Philosophy of Neuroscience: Introduction and Analysis -- 1.3.1 Nature and Structure of Neuroscience -- 1.3.2 Concepts, Principles and Methods of Neuroscience -- 1.3.3 Traditional Issues of Philosophy and Neuroscience -- 1.3.4 Philosophy of Neuroscience, Relationship with Other Areas of Philosophy and New Research Areas

1.4 Brief Introduction to Neuroscience -- References -- Chapter 2: Methodological Isolationism -- 2.1 Isolationism Approach -- 2.1.1 Concepts Precede Facts -- 2.1.2 Wittgenstein's Influence -- 2.1.3 Example of an Isolationist Examination: Determinism -- 2.1.4 Several Defences of the Isolationist Approach -- 2.2 Critical Reflection -- 2.2.1 The "Conceptual Invariance" Objection -- 2.2.2 Dennett's Objection -- 2.2.3 Searle's Objection -- 2.2.4 The Objection to "Philosophical Practice and Anti-Exceptionality" -- 2.3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Reductive Neurophilosophy

3.1 Assumptions of the Reductive Appro…