Maimon, Amber and Hemmo, Meir (2020) Does Neuroplasticity Support the Hypothesis of Multiple Realizability? [Preprint]
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Abstract
It is commonly maintained that neuroplastic mechanisms in the brain provide empirical support for the hypothesis of multiple realizability. We show in various case studies that neuroplasticity stems from preexisting mechanisms and processes inherent in the neural (or biochemical) structure of the brain. We argue that not only does neuroplasticity fail to provide empirical evidence of multiple realization, its inability to do so strengthens the mind-body identity theory. Finally, we argue that a recently proposed identity theory called Flat Physicalism can be enlisted to explain the current state of the mind-body problem more adequately.
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| Keywords: | neuroplasticity, multiple realizability, multiple realization, mind-body problem, identity theory, reductive physicalism, flat physicalism, mind-body identity | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Cognitive Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Neuroscience General Issues > Reductionism/Holism General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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| Depositing User: | Ms. Amber Maimon | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jun 2021 04:14 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Jun 2021 04:14 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 19174 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Cognitive Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Neuroscience General Issues > Reductionism/Holism General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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| Date: | 8 July 2020 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19174 |
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