From Psychology to Neuroscience: A New Reductive Account

Patrice Soom

Published by De Gruyter 2011

From Psychology to Neuroscience

A New Reductive Account

Patrice Soom

Volume 21 in the series Epistemische Studien / Epistemic Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110322620

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This book explores the mind-body issue from both the perspectives of philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. Starting from the problem of mental causation, it provides an overview of the contemporary metaphysical discussion and argues in favour of the token-identity thesis, as the only position that can account for the causal efficacy of the mental. Showing furthermore that this ontological reductionism is not dissociable from epistemological reductionism, the author applies a new strategy of inter-theoretic reduction, which is compatible with the multiple realizability of mental properties. Using functionally defined sub-types, this account establishes a conservative reduction of psychology to neuroscience, which vindicates both the scientific legitimacy and the theoretical indispensability of psychology. This account is illustrated by several empirical examples borrowed from contemporary neuroscience.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
1. INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
2. THE PROBLEM OF MENTAL CAUSATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3. ONTOLOGICAL REDUCTIONISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4. PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
5. EPISTEMOLOGICAL REDUCTIONISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
6. REDUCTION BY MEANS OF FUNCTIONAL SUB-TYPES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
7. REDUCTION OF PSYCHOLOGY TO NEUROSCIENCE: CASES STUDIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
8. FINAL REMARKS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Main content: 318
Keywords: Erkenntnistheorie; Philosophie; Psychologie

eBook

Published: May 2, 2013
ISBN: 9783110322620

Hardcover

Published: March 18, 2011
ISBN: 9783110322255