Philosophy and the Neurosciences A Reader [Paperback]

By introducing key themes in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and the basic concepts of neuroscience, this text provides philosophers with the necessary background to engage the neurosciences and offers neuroscientists an introduction to the relevant tools of philosophical analysis.Preface and Acknowledgements.

Part I: Neurophilosophical Foundations.

Introduction to Part I: Neurophilosophical Foundations (Pete Mandik).

1. Philosophy Meets the Neurosciences (William Bechtel, Pete Mandik, and Jennifer Mundale).

2. Brain Metaphor and Brain Theory (John G. Daugman).

3. Neuroanatomical Foundations for Cognition: The Neuron Doctrine and Brain Mapping (Jennifer Mundale).

4. Epistemic Issues in Procuring Evidence About the Brain: The Importance of Research Instruments and Techniques (William Bechtel and Robert S. Stufflebeam).

Questions for Further Study and Reflection Concerning Neurophilosophical Foundations.

Part II: Language.

Introduction to Part II: Language (William Bechtel).

5. Remarks on the Seat of the Faculty of Articulate Language Followed by an Observation of Aphemia (Paul Broca).

6. Recent Works on Aphasia (Carl Wernicke).

7. The Processing of Single Words Studied with Positron Emission Tomography (Steven E. Petersen and Julie A. Fiez).

8. Modularity, Domain Specificity and the Development of Language (Elizabeth Bates).

9. Linking Cognition and Brain: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Language (William Bechtel).

Questions for Further Study and Reflection Concerning Language.

Part III: Vision.

Introduction to Part III: Vision (William Bechtel).

10. Brain Mechanisms of Vision lól