Barack, David L (2019) Mental Machines. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Cognitive neuroscientists are turning to an increasingly rich array of neurodynamical systems to explain mental phenomena. In these explanations, cognitive capacities are decomposed into a set of functions, each of which is described mathematically, and then these descriptions are mapped on to corresponding mathematical descriptions of the dynamics of neural systems. In this paper, I outline a novel explanatory schema based on these explanations. I then argue that these explanations present a novel type of dynamicism for the philosophy of mind and neuroscience, componential dynamicism, that focuses on the parts of cognitive systems that fill certain functional roles in producing cognitive phenomena.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Barack, David L dbarack@gmail.com 0000-0001-7131-4638
Additional Information:	Forthcoming in Biology and Philosophy
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Cognitive Neuroscience General Issues > Explanation
Depositing User:	Dr David Barack
Date Deposited:	13 Nov 2019 12:43
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2019 12:43
Item ID:	16631
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Cognitive Neuroscience General Issues > Explanation
Date:	November 2019
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16631

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