书名: Neuroscience and Philosophy: Brain, Mind, and Language
作者: Maxwell Bennett (Author), Daniel Dennett (Author), Peter Hacker (Author), John Searle (Author), Daniel N. Robinson (Introduction)
出版社: Columbia University Press; 1 edition (March 15, 2007)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0231140444
ISBN-13: 978-0231140447
Book Description
Neuroscience and Philosophy presents the thought-provoking intellectual exchange on the conceptual presuppositions of cognitive neuroscience that took place at the 2005 meeting of the American Philosophical Association in New York. Maxwell Bennett and Peter Hacker's book Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience (2003) is highly critical of the conceptual commitments of cognitive neuroscientists. It aroused widespread interest and was chosen for an "authors and critics" debate at the APA. Daniel Dennett and John Searle-two leading philosophers who have written extensively on the subject-were chosen to be the critics to whom Bennett and Hacker would respond. In the impassioned debate that ensued, fundamentally different conceptions of philosophical method, cognitive-neuroscientific explanation, and human nature clashed.
The themes discussed in this engaging and highly readable confrontation have a wide range. They investigate the nature of consciousness, the bearer and location of psychological attributes, the intelligibility of talk of maps and representations in the brain, the notion of "qualia," the coherence of the notion of an "intentional stance," and the relationships among mind, brain, and body. It is left to the reader, as it was left to the audience of the original debate, to decide which conception is appropriate.
In his conclusion, Daniel Robinson (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University) summarizes the arguments and makes clear why the debate is so crucial for the understanding of neuroscientific research. Neuroscience and Philosophy is an exciting and challenging introduction to the philosophical problems raised by cognitive neuroscience.
Review
"If you can get two sworn and unrestrained philosophical enemies such as Daniel Dennett and John Searle to join forces against you, you must at the very least be described as the controversialists of our time." —Akeel Bilgrami, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy and director, Heyman Centre for the Humanities, Columbia University
About the Author
Maxwell Bennett is professor of neuroscience at the University of Sydney. He is the author of numerous books, including History of the Synapse.
Daniel Dennett is Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. His most recent book is Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon.
Peter Hacker is a fellow of St John's College, Oxford. His books include Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience, which he co-authored with Maxwell Bennett
John Searle is Mills Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Language at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of Freedom and Neurobiology: Free Will, Language, and Political Power (Columbia).
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作者: Maxwell Bennett (Author), Daniel Dennett (Author), Peter Hacker (Author), John Searle (Author), Daniel N. Robinson (Introduction)
出版社: Columbia University Press; 1 edition (March 15, 2007)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0231140444
ISBN-13: 978-0231140447
Book Description
Neuroscience and Philosophy presents the thought-provoking intellectual exchange on the conceptual presuppositions of cognitive neuroscience that took place at the 2005 meeting of the American Philosophical Association in New York. Maxwell Bennett and Peter Hacker's book Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience (2003) is highly critical of the conceptual commitments of cognitive neuroscientists. It aroused widespread interest and was chosen for an "authors and critics" debate at the APA. Daniel Dennett and John Searle-two leading philosophers who have written extensively on the subject-were chosen to be the critics to whom Bennett and Hacker would respond. In the impassioned debate that ensued, fundamentally different conceptions of philosophical method, cognitive-neuroscientific explanation, and human nature clashed.
The themes discussed in this engaging and highly readable confrontation have a wide range. They investigate the nature of consciousness, the bearer and location of psychological attributes, the intelligibility of talk of maps and representations in the brain, the notion of "qualia," the coherence of the notion of an "intentional stance," and the relationships among mind, brain, and body. It is left to the reader, as it was left to the audience of the original debate, to decide which conception is appropriate.
In his conclusion, Daniel Robinson (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University) summarizes the arguments and makes clear why the debate is so crucial for the understanding of neuroscientific research. Neuroscience and Philosophy is an exciting and challenging introduction to the philosophical problems raised by cognitive neuroscience.
Review
"If you can get two sworn and unrestrained philosophical enemies such as Daniel Dennett and John Searle to join forces against you, you must at the very least be described as the controversialists of our time." —Akeel Bilgrami, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy and director, Heyman Centre for the Humanities, Columbia University
About the Author
Maxwell Bennett is professor of neuroscience at the University of Sydney. He is the author of numerous books, including History of the Synapse.
Daniel Dennett is Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. His most recent book is Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon.
Peter Hacker is a fellow of St John's College, Oxford. His books include Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience, which he co-authored with Maxwell Bennett
John Searle is Mills Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Language at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of Freedom and Neurobiology: Free Will, Language, and Political Power (Columbia).
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