The Matter of the Mind: Philosophical Essays on Psychology, Neuroscience, and Reduction
Blackwell Pub. (2007)
| Abstract | The Matter of the Mind addresses and illuminates the relationship between psychology and neuroscience by focusing on the topic of reduction. Written by leading philosophers in the field Discusses recent theorizing in the mind-brain sciences and reviews and weighs the evidence in favour of reductionism against the backdrop of recent important advances within psychology and the neurosciences Collects the latest work on central topics where neuroscience is now making inroads in traditional psychological terrain, such as adaptive behaviour, reward systems, consciousness, and social cognition | |||||||||
| Keywords | Reductionism Neurosciences Philosophy Psychology Philosophy | |||||||||
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| Call number | B835.5.M38 2007 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 1405144432 9781405144438 1405172762 9781405172769 9781444350869 1444350862 | |||||||||
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