Hatfield, Gary (2000) The Brain's "New" Science: Psychology, Neurophysiology, and Constraint. Philosophy of Science, 67 (Suppl). S388-S403. ISSN 0031-8248
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Abstract
There is a strong philosophical intuition that direct study of the brain can and will constrain the development of psychological theory. When this intuition is tested against case studies on the neurophysiology and psychology of perception and memory, it turns out that psychology has led the way toward knowledge of neurophysiology. An abstract argument is developed to show that psychology can and must lead the way in neuroscientific study of mental function. The opposing intuition is based on mainly weak arguments about the fundamentality or objectivity of physics or physiology in relation to psychology.
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Keywords: | Brain; Function; Neuroscience; Psychology; Stereopsis and disparity detectors; Neuropsychology; Patient HM; Opponent-process color theory; Churchland, P S | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Psychology General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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Depositing User: | Prof. Gary Hatfield | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 25 Aug 2019 01:54 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 25 Aug 2019 01:54 | ||||||
Item ID: | 16364 | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophy of Science | ||||||
Publisher: | Philosophy of Science Association | ||||||
Official URL: | https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/... | ||||||
DOI or Unique Handle: | doi.org/10.1086/392833 | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Psychology General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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Date: | September 2000 | ||||||
Page Range: | S388-S403 | ||||||
Volume: | 67 | ||||||
Number: | Suppl | ||||||
ISSN: | 0031-8248 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16364 |
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