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<p>In <i>Neuroscience and Philosophy</i> 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 <i>Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience</i> (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.</p> <p>Their impassioned debate encompasses a wide range of central themes: the nature of consciousness, the bearer and location of psychological attributes, the intelligibility of so-called brain maps and representations, the notion of qualia, the coherence of the notion of an intentional stance, and the relationships between mind, brain, and body. Clearly argued and thoroughly engaging, the authors present fundamentally different conceptions of philosophical method, cognitive-neuroscientific explanation, and human nature, and their exchange will appeal to anyone interested in the relation of mind to brain, of psychology to neuroscience, o

Who reads Neuroscience and Philosophy : Brain, Mind, and Language?

Author

Maxwell Bennett, Daniel C. Dennett, Peter Hacker, John R. Searle

Publisher

New York: Columbia University Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231140447

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Psychology, Medical, Fiction

Rating

3.67 / 5 (138 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14