Metaphilosophy of Mind
How Do Minds Investigate Minds? Refutation of the Theocentric View
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6070867 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Werner (0000-0002-8947-3722, Jagiellonian University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 120-140 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1932-4502 • E-ISSN: 1936-3567 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12124-016-9362-6 |
| PMID | 27665436 |
| OpenAlex | W2523722941 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 46 |
I shall propose metaphilosophy of mind as the philosophy of mind investigating mind. That is to say, I pose the question of how knowledge of mind provided by cognitive science, broadly construed, is constrained by the epistemic position of the knower, i.e. by the very fact that it is undertaken by a mind. Here I would like to propose a minimal framework, based on two distinctions: (i) the standard one between empirical and conceptual analysis; (ii) a new one, between the internal questions of mind and the boundary questions of mind. I shall then combine these distinctions to arrive at several ways of investigating the mind, the brain and cognition. On this ground, I will discuss the notion of epistemological theocentrism as outlined by Henry Allison and argue against the perspective I call theocentric philosophy of mind. From this angle I will be able to address skepticism which cannot be defeated but actually can be, as I put it, disarmed. Finally, metaphilosophy of mind based on the abovementioned distinctions elicits a perspective that is not sufficiently delineated by cognitive scientists and philosophers: empirical way of addressing the boundary questions of mind
Cognition · Cognitive science · Computational theory of mind · Epistemology · Metaphilosophy · Metaphysics · Modern philosophy · Perspective (graphical · Philosophy of mind · Philosophy of science · Skepticism · Theory of mind · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy
The Origin of Concepts
Representation and Reality
The Philosophy of Philosophy
What Mary Didn't Know
Can We Solve the Mind–Body Problem?
The structure of scientific revolutions
The Concept of Mind
Philosophical Dialectics
The Theory of Categories
Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics
A Study of Concepts
Aristotle on Matter
Autopoiesis and Cognition
What is the "Subjectivity" of the Mental
A Study of Concepts
Der Streit um die Existenz der Welt
The Rediscovery of Light
Kantian Humility
The Rediscovery of the Mind
Der Aufbau der realen Welt
Möglichkeit und Wirklichkeit
Phenomenology of Perception
Ideen zu einer reinen Phánomenologie und phänomenologischen Philosophie
Philosophical investigations
From Metaphysics to Ethics
Semantic Borders and Incomplete Understanding
Ontological Relativity and Other Essays
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |