Neural theories of mind : why the mind-brain problem may never be solved /
In this fascinating book, William R. Uttal raises the possibility that, however much we learn about the anatomy and physiology of the brain and psychology, we may never be able to cross the final bridge explaining how the mind is produced by the brain. Three main classes of mind-brain theory are con...
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Mahwah, N.J. :
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
2005
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Table of Contents:
- An introduction to the concept of theory
- Mind and brain before the modern cognitive neuroscience era
- The limits of cognitive neuroscience
- An epistemological interlude
- Field theories
- Do what you can do when you can't do what you should do!
- Single neuron theories of the mind
- The undue influence of a point in space
- Network theories
- Truth denied
- Summary and conclusions
- note: 1 introduction to the concept of theory
- 2. Mind and brain before the modern cognitive neuroscience era
- 3. limits of cognitive neuroscience theory - an epistemological interlude
- 4. Field theories - do what you can do when you can't do what you should do!
- 5. Single neuron theories of the mind - the undue influence of a point in space
- 6. Network theories - truth denied.
- 1 An introduction to the concept of theory
- 2. Mind and brain before the modern cognitive neuroscience era
- 3. The limits of cognitive neuroscience theory - an epistemological interlude
- 4. Field theories - do what you can do when you can't do what you should do!
- 5. Single neuron theories of the mind - the undue influence of a point in space
- 6. Network theories - truth denied
- 7. Summary and conclusions.