Hochstein, Eric (2025) When Naturalisms Collide: Neural Representations as Scientific Posits and Metaphysical Entities. [Preprint]
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Can neural representations be naturalized? Current debates surrounding the naturalization of representations in neuroscience typically characterize this project in terms of one of three options: methodological naturalism, ontological naturalism, or the belief that both types of naturalism provide support for, and constraints on, each other to drive inquiry. In this paper, I argue that all three of these options are problematic. The two projects of naturalism cannot be pulled apart from one another, nor can one act as effective support/constraint on the other. The relationship between these projects of naturalism is far more complex, nuanced, and interdependent than is typically thought. I highlight how this influences current debates regarding the nature of representation in neuroscientific practice.
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| Additional Information: | Forthcoming in Philosophy and the Mind Sciences | ||||||
| Keywords: | Naturalism, Ontological Naturalism, Methodological Naturalism, Representation, Intentionality | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Concepts and Representations General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Neuroscience General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Eric Hochstein | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2025 14:32 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2025 14:32 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 26322 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Concepts and Representations General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Neuroscience General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Date: | 2025 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/26322 |
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