This collection brings together a set of new papers that advance the
debate concerning the nature of explanation in mind and brain science,
and help to clarify the prospects for bonafide integration across
these fields. Long a topic of debate among philosophers and scientists
alike, there is growing appreciation that understanding the complex
relationship between the psychological sciences and the neurosciences,
especially how their respective explanatory frameworks interrelate, is
of fundamental importance for achieving progress across these
scientific domains. Traditional philosophical discussions tend to
construe the relationship between them in stark terms - either they
are related in terms of complete independence (i.e., autonomy) or
complete dependence (i.e., reduction), leaving little room for more
interesting relations such as that of mutually beneficial interaction
or integration. A unifying thread across the diverse set of
contributions to this volume is the rejection of the assumption that
no stable middle ground exists between these two extremes, and common
embrace of the idea that these sciences are partially dependent on or
constrained by one another. By addressing whether the explanatory
patterns employed across these domains are similar or different in
kind, and to what extent they inform and constrain each another, this
volume helps to deepen our understanding of the prospects for
successfully integrating mind and brain science.
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ISBN
9780191508714
Publisert
2020
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OUP Oxford
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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