What is neurophilosophy

Do we need a non-reductive form

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ID10806573
AuthorsPhilipp Klar (0000-0003-1702-8029, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume199
Issue1-2
Pages2701-2725
Publication date2021-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSynthese (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-7857 • E-ISSN: 1573-0964
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11229-020-02907-6
OpenAlexW3093459050
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited65

Neurophilosophy is a controversial scientific discipline lacking a broadly accepted definition and especially a well-elaborated methodology. Views about what neurophilosophy entails and how it can combine neuroscience with philosophy, as in their branches (e.g. metaphysics, epistemology, ethics) and methodologies, diverge widely. This article, first of all, presents a brief insight into the naturalization of philosophy regarding neurophilosophy and three resulting distinguishable forms of how neuroscience and philosophy may or may not be connected in part 1, namely reductive neurophilosophy, the parallelism between neuroscience and philosophy which keeps both disciplines rather strictly separated and lastly, non-reductive neurophilosophy which aims for a bidirectional connection of both disciplines. Part 2 presents a paradigmatic example of how these three forms of neuroscience and philosophy approach the problem of self, mainly concerning its ontological status (existence and reality). This allows me to compare all three neurophilosophical approaches with each other and to highlight the benefits of a non-reductive form of neurophilosophy. I conclude that especially non-reductive neurophilosophy can give full justice to the complementary position of neurophilosophy right at the intersection between neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology

Cognitive science · Epistemology · Intersection (aeronautics) · Metaphysics · Neurophilosophy · Philosophy of computer science · Philosophy of language · Philosophy of mind · Philosophy of science · Sociology · Western philosophy · Computer Science · Free Will and Agency · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Philosophy · Psychology

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