Explaining the Brain: Mechanisms and the Mosaic Unity of Neuroscience
Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press (2007)
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Carl F. Craver
Washington University in St. Louis
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Carl Craver investigates what we are doing when we sue neuroscience to explain what's going on in the brain.
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| Keywords | Neurosciences Philosophy Brain Philosophy Neurosciences Philosophy |
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| Call number | QP356.C73 2007 |
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