Del Pinal, Guillermo and Nathan, Marco J. (2014) Associative Bridge Laws and the Psycho-Neural Interface. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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Abstract
Recent advancements in the brain sciences have enabled researchers to determine, with increasing accuracy, patterns and locations of neural activation associated with various psychological functions. These techniques have revived a longstanding debate regarding the relation between the mind and the brain: while many authors now claim that neuroscientific data can be used to advance our theories of higher cognition, others defend the so-called `autonomy' of psychology. Settling this significant question requires understanding the nature of the bridge laws used at the psycho-neural interface. While these laws have been the topic of extensive discussion, such debates have mostly focused on a particular type of link: reductive laws. Reductive laws are problematic: they face notorious philosophical objections and they are too scarce to substantiate current research at the interface of psychology and neuroscience. The aim of this article is to provide a systematic analysis of a different kind of bridge laws--associative laws--which play a central, albeit often overlooked, role in scientific practice.
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| Keywords: | reverse inference, bridge-laws, reduction, cognitive neuroscience. | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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| Depositing User: | Mr. Guillermo Del Pinal | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 16 Aug 2014 17:20 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 16 Aug 2014 17:20 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 10958 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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| Date: | 2014 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10958 |
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