Radical explanations, but trivial descriptions

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 22 (5):842-843 (1999)
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A thorough distinction between explanatory and descriptive concepts reveals a radical explanatory and a trivial descriptive doctrine in current neuroscientific research. The explanatory approach examines the neuronal substrates of the mind, whereas the descriptive one deals only with its correlates.

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10.1017/s0140525x99372198

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