Parker, David (2019) Psychoneural reduction: a perspective from neural circuits. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Psychoneural reduction has been debated extensively in the philosophy of neuroscience. In this article I will evaluate metascientific approaches that claim direct molecular and cellular explanations of cognitive functions. I will initially consider the issues involved in linking cellular properties to behaviour from the general perspective of neural circuits. These circuits that integrate the molecular and cellular components underlying cognition and behaviour, making consideration of circuit properties relevant to reductionist debates. I will then apply this general perspective to specific systems where psychoneural reduction has been claimed, namely hippocampal long-term potentiation and the Aplysia gill-withdrawal reflex.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Parker, David djp27@cam.ac.uk
Keywords:	psychoneural reduction neuroscience network circuit memory
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Psychology General Issues > Reductionism/Holism
Depositing User:	Dr David Parker
Date Deposited:	02 Aug 2019 04:03
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2019 04:03
Item ID:	16272
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Psychology General Issues > Reductionism/Holism
Date:	2019
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16272

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