Cognitive science and neuroscience: new wave reductionism

Author: Richardson R. C.

Source: Philosophical Psychology, Volume 12, Number 3, 1 September 1999 , pp. 297-307(11)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

John Bickle"s Psychoneural reduction: the new wave (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998) aims to resurrect reductionism within philosophy of mind. He develops a new model of scientific reduction, geared to enhancing our understanding of how theories in neuroscience and cognitive science are interrelated. I put this discussion in context, and assess the prospects for new wave reductionism, both as a general model of scientific reduction and as an attempt to defend reductionism in the philosophy of mind.

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

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