Epistemological Issues in Cognitive Neuroscience
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Epistemological Issues in Cognitive Neuroscience

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Epistemological Issues in Cognitive Neuroscience

About this book

While the results of neuroscience research deeply influence many aspects of our lives, from the theoretical understanding of the biological basis of the mind to the clinical application of scientific research, the conceptual foundations of this field have received little attention. Empirical research has generated a large number of experimental results, but this knowledge has yet to be integrated into a convincing picture of how cognitive, affective and motor processes are engendered and controlled by the brain. Limitations arise in part from the intrinsic difficulty of producing a unified theory of brain function. This epistemological review of cognitive neuroscience was written during a Post-Doctoral Period at the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, during the second middle of the 1990-1999 "Decade of the Brain". It plays the role of defining some central questions raised by this exciting field, as well as organizing possible answers to the questions. This book is also a historical register of the epistemological issues in the neurosciences raised at the very end of the XX century, serving as a reference for comparison with the advances obtained in the new millennium. These issues deserve the attention of contemporary neuroscientists, philosophers of science and everyone concerned with interdisciplinary approaches to brain function.

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Information

Publisher
Editora Aiub
Year
2026
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9786597997503
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Epistemology in Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Summary
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction
  5. The Interdisciplinary Nature of Cognitive Neuroscience
  6. On the Characterization of Learning and Memory at the Cellular Level
  7. Epistemological Aspects of the Investigation on Neuronal Codes
  8. The Problem of Cortical Integration
  9. The Distinction between Recognition and Representation
  10. Brain Function and Intentionality
  11. The Executive System and Biocomputation
  12. Thinking Processes in the Context of Animal Cognition
  13. Toward a Taxonomy of Consciousness
  14. On the Neurobiological Basis of Natural Languages
  15. Cognitive Neuroscience and the Mind-Brain Problem
  16. Afterword
  17. References
  18. Biography Summary

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