Psychoneural Reduction: The New Wave

by John Bickle

Book Overview

One of the central problems in the philosophy of psychology is an updated version of the mind-body problem: how levels of theories in the behavioural and brain sciences relate to one another. Many contemporary philosophers of mind believe that cognitive-psychological theories are not reducible to neurological theories. However, this antireductionism has not spawned a revival of dualism. Instead, most nonreductive physicalists prefer the idea of a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262024322
• ISBN13: 9780262024327
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"