The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Neuroscience

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Neuroscience is a state-of-the-art collection of interdisciplinary research spanning philosophy (of science, mind, and ethics) and current neuroscience. Containing chapters written by some of the most prominent philosophers working in this area, and in some cases co-authored with neuroscientists, this volume reflects both the breadth and depth of current work in this exciting field. Topics include the nature of explanation in neuroscience; whether and how current neuroscience is reductionistic; consequences of current research on the neurobiology of learning and memory, perception and sensation, neurocomputational modeling, and neuroanatomy; the burgeoning field of neuroethics and the neurobiology of motivation that increasingly informs it; implications from neurology and clinical neuropsychology, especially in light of some bizarre symptoms involving misrepresentations of self; the extent and consequences of multiple realization in actual neuroscience; the new field of neuroeudamonia; and the neurophilosophy of subjectivity. This volume will interest philosophers working in numerous fields who wish to see how current neuroscience is being brought to bear directly on philosophical issues. It will also be of interest to neuroscientists who wish to learn how the research programs of some of their colleagues are being enriched by interaction with philosophers, and finally to those working in any interdisciplinary field who wish to see how two seemingly disparate disciplines--one traditional and humanistic, the other new and scientific--are being brought together to both disciplines' mutual benefit.

ISBN 0195304780   Pages 652 ISBN13 9780195304787 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc   Weight (grammes) 1273 Imprint Oxford University Press Inc   Published in New York Format Hardback   Series title Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy Publication date 06 Aug 2009   Height (mm) 253 Library of Congress 2008028323   Width (mm) 182 DEWEY 612.8   Spine width (mm) 47 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Further/Higher education

		Notes on the Contributors
		Editor's Introduction by John Bickle
Pt. I		Explanation, Reduction, and Methodology in Neuroscientific Practice
1		Molecules, systems, and behavior: Another view of memory consolidation by William Bechtel
2		Biological clocks: Explaining with models of mechanisms by Sarah K. Robins and Carl F. Craver
3		Methodology and reduction in the behavioral neurosciences: Object exploration as a case study by Anthony Chemero and Charles J. Heyser
4		The Science of Research and the search for molecular mechanisms of cognition by Alcino J. Silva and John Bickle
Pt. II		Learning and Memory
5		The lower bounds of cognition: What do spinal cords reveal? by Colin Allen and Jim Grau and Mary Meagher
6		Lessons for cognitive science from neurogenomics by Alex Rosenberg
7		Neuroscience, learning, and the return to behaviorism by Peter Machamer
Pt. III		Sensation and Perception
8		fMRI: A modern cerebrascope? The case of pain by Valerie Gray Hardcastle and C. Matthew Stewart
9		The enactive field, the embedded Neuron by Mazviita Chirimuuta and Ian Gold
10		The role of neurobiology in differentiating the senses by Brian L. Keeley
11		Enactivism's vision: Neurocognitive basis or neurocognitively baseless? by Charles Wallis and Wayne Wright
Pt. IV		Neurocomputation and Neuroanatomy
12		Space, time, and objects by Rick Grush
13		Neurocomputational models: Theory, application, philosophical consequences by Chris Eliasmith
14		Neuroanatomy and cosmology by Christopher Cherniak
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