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3Consciousness and the neurosciences: Philosophical and theoretical issuesIn Michael S. Gazzaniga (ed.), The Cognitive Neurosciences, Mit Press. 1995.
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4Is Neuroscience Relevant to Philosophy?Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume 16 (n/a): 323-341. 1990.Many questions concerning the nature of the mind have remained intractable since their first systematic discussion by the ancient Greeks. What is the nature of knowledge, and how is it possible to represent the world? What are consciousness and free will? What is the self and how is it that some organisms are more intelligent than others? Since it is now overwhelmingly evident that these are phenomena of the physical brain, it is not surprising that an established empirical and theoretical found…Read more
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677The hornswoggle problemJournal of Consciousness Studies 3 (5-6): 402-8. 1996.Beginning with Thomas Nagel, various philosophers have propsed setting conscious experience apart from all other problems of the mind as ‘the most difficult problem’. When critically examined, the basis for this proposal reveals itself to be unconvincing and counter-productive. Use of our current ignorance as a premise to determine what we can never discover is one common logical flaw. Use of ‘I-cannot-imagine’ arguments is a related flaw. When not much is known about a domain of phenomena, our …Read more
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Replies from the ChurchlandsIn Robert N. McCauley (ed.), The Churchlands and their critics, Blackwell. pp. 217--306. 1996.
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42Consciousness: The transmutation of a conceptPacific Philosophical Quarterly 64 (January): 80-95. 1983.
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90Explaining the nature and mechanisms of conscious experience in neurobiological terms seems to be an attainable, if yet unattained, goal. Research at many levels is important, including research at the cellular level that explores the role of recurrent pathways between thalamic nuclei and the cortex, and research that explores consciousness from the perspective of action. Conceptually, a clearer understanding of the logic of expressions such as ‘‘causes’’ and ‘‘correlates’’, and about what to ex…Read more
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391Neurophilosophy: Toward A Unified Science of the Mind-BrainMIT Press. 1986.This is a unique book. It is excellently written, crammed with information, wise and a pleasure to read.' ---Daniel C. Dennett, Tufts University
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2Filling inIn Antti Revonsuo & Matti Kamppinen (eds.), Consciousness in Philosophy and Cognitive Neuroscience, Lawrence Erlbaum. 1994.
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9Replies to reviews of Psychology's Place in the Science of the Mind/BrainBiology and Philosophy 3 (3): 393-402. 1988.
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Clark's connectionist defense of folk psychologyIn Robert N. McCauley (ed.), The Churchlands and their critics, Blackwell. pp. 250--5. 1996.
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216The neural mechanisms of moral cognition: A multiple-aspect approach to moral judgment and decision-making (review)Biology and Philosophy 18 (1): 169-194. 2003.We critically review themushrooming literature addressing the neuralmechanisms of moral cognition (NMMC), reachingthe following broad conclusions: (1) researchmainly focuses on three inter-relatedcategories: the moral emotions, moral socialcognition, and abstract moral reasoning. (2)Research varies in terms of whether it deploysecologically valid or experimentallysimplified conceptions of moral cognition. Themore ecologically valid the experimentalregime, the broader the brain areas involved.(3)…Read more
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25Neuroscience and psychology: should the labor be divided?Behavioral and Brain Sciences 3 (1): 133-133. 1980.
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314 The View from Here: The Nonsymbolic Structure of SpatialIn João Branquinho (ed.), The Foundations of Cognitive Science, Oxford University Press Uk. 2001.
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222Philosophy, in its traditional guise, addresses questions where experimental science has not yet nailed down plausible explanatory theories. Thus, the ancient Greeks pondered the nature of life, the sun, and tides, but also how we learn and make decisions. The history of science can be seen as a gradual process whereby speculative philosophy cedes intellectual space to increasingly wellgrounded experimental disciplines—first astronomy, but followed by physics, chemistry, geology, biology, archae…Read more
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37Human dignity from a neurophilosophical perspectiveIn Adam Schulman (ed.), Human dignity and bioethics: essays commissioned by the President's Council on Bioethics, [president's Council On Bioethics. 2008.
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Richard Nisbett and Lee Ross, Human Inference: Strategies and Shortcomings of Social Judgment (review)Philosophy in Review 2 240-242. 1982.
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91Dennett' instrumentalism: A frog at the bottom of the mugBehavioral and Brain Sciences 6 (3): 358-359. 1983.
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218Brain-Wise: Studies in NeurophilosophyMIT Press. 2002.Progress in the neurosciences is profoundly changing our conception of ourselves. Contrary to time-honored intuition, the mind turns out to be a complex of brain functions. And contrary to the wishful thinking of some philosophers, there is no stemming the revolutionary impact that brain research will have on our understanding of how the mind works. Brain-Wise is the sequel to Patricia Smith Churchland's Neurophilosophy, the book that launched a subfield. In a clear, conversational manner, this …Read more
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90Neural worlds and real worldsNature Reviews Neuroscience 3. 2002.States of the brain represent states of the world. A puzzle arises when one learns that at least some of the mind/brain’s internal representations, such as a sensation of heat or a sensation of red, do not genuinely resemble the external realities they allegedly represent: the mean kinetic energy of the molecules of the substance felt (temperature) and the mean electromagnetic reflectance profile of the seen object (color). The historical response has been to declare a distinction between object…Read more
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80“Neuroscience is Relevant for Philosophy”Problemos (88): 176-186. 2015.This is an interview with Professor Patricia S. Churchland. It covers themes such as eliminative materialism, folk psychology, neurophilosophy, the relationship between philosophy and science, moral norms as well as the criticism of contemporary analytic philosophy.
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The view from here: The nonsymbolic structure of spatial representationIn João Branquinho (ed.), The Foundations of Cognitive Science, Oxford University Press Uk. 2001.
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23Introduction: Neurophilosophy and Alzheimer's DiseaseIn Y. Christen & P.S. Churchland (eds.), Neurophilosophy and Alzheimer's Disease, Springer Verlag. pp. 1--4. 1992.
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