Neuroscience and the Mind

Author: Ravenscroft, Ian1

Source: Mind & Language, Volume 13, Number 1, March 1998 , pp. 132-137(6)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

Francis Crick has identified a doctrine-the neuron doctrine-which he apparently regards as both true and astonishing. I begin by carefully articulating Crick's doctrine, arguing that whilst plausible it is certainly not astonishing. I then consider a related doctrine, the biological neuroscience thesis (BNT). According to BNT, mental science is biological neuroscience, where biological neuroscience is pretty much exhausted by neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and neurochemistry. Stoljar and Gold argue that BNT is unsupported by current scientific developments. I argue that well-established results in the cognitive sciences show that it is false.

Document Type: Original article

DOI: 10.1111/1468-0017.00069

Affiliations: 1: Department of Philosophy, Flinders University of South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia

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