Neuroscience and Philosophy: Brain, Mind, and Language
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In Neuroscience and Philosophy three prominent philosophers and a leading neuroscientist clash over the conceptual presuppositions of cognitive neuroscience. The book begins with an excerpt from Maxwell Bennett and Peter Hacker's Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience (Blackwell, 2003), which questions the conceptual commitments of cognitive neuroscientists. Their position is then criticized by Daniel Dennett and John Searle, two philosophers who have written extensively on the subject, and Bennett and Hacker in turn respond.Their impassioned debate encompasses a wide range of central themes: the nature of consciousness, the
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Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
Release date: 1 April 2009
ISBN-10 : 0231140452 | ISBN-13: 9780231140454
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Release date: 1 April 2009
ISBN-10 : 0231140452 | ISBN-13: 9780231140454