Title Handbook of neuroethics / Jens Clausen, Neil Levy, editors

Published Dordrecht : Springer, [2014] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 1850 pages) : illustrations (some color) Contents Intro; What Is Neuroethics?; References; About the Editors; Section Editors; Contents; Contributors; Section I Foundational Issues in Cognitive Neuroscience; 1 Foundational Issues in Cognitive Neuroscience: Introduction; Is the Mind Causally Efficacious in the Physical World?; How Does the (Physical) Mind Relate to the Nervous System?; How Does Cognitive Neuroscience Support Its Conclusions?; How Does Cognitive Neuroscience Explain?; How Does the Nervous System Think?; Conclusion and Future Directions; Cross-References; 2 Explanation and Levels in Cognitive Neuroscience; Introduction Basic Distinctions and Defining QuestionsExplanation and Levels: The Traditional Approach; The Covering Law Model of Explanation; The Nagelian Model of Theory Reduction; Oppenheim-Putnam Levels; Problems with the Traditional Approach; Explanation and Levels: The Mechanistic Approach; Mechanistic Levels; Problems with the Mechanistic Approach; Levels of Analysis: A Mechanistic Perspective; Autonomous Computational-Level Explanation?; Marrś Levels of Analysis; Conclusion and Future Directions; Cross-References; References; 3 Experimentation in Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Neurobiology IntroductionNeuroscience and the Experimental Process; Basic Structure of Experiments: Cognitive Neuroscience; Basic Structure of Experiments: Cognitive Neurobiology; The Experimental Process; Reliability and Validity; Epistemic Challenges; Conclusion; Cross-References; References; 4 Realization, Reduction, and Emergence: How Things Like Minds Relate to Things Like Brains; Introduction; Part 1: Mechanistic Explanation and the Nature of Compositional Relations; Part 2: Ontological Versus Semantic Reductionism in Science and Philosophy; Part 3: The Varieties of Emergentism; Conclusion Cross-ReferencesReferences; 5 Mental Causation; Introduction; Historical Background; Anomalous Monism and Causal Exclusion; Salvaging Mental Causation by Solving or Dissolving the Exclusion Problem; Conclusion and Future Directions; Cross-References; References; 6 Neural Representation and Computation; Neural Information; Neural Information I: Shannon Information; Neural Information II: Natural Semantic Information; Neural Representation; The Standard Conception of Representation; A Functional Conception of Representation; Some Neural States are Representations; Neural Computation Computation: A Mechanistic AccountComputationalism; Three Research Traditions: Classical Computationalism, Connectionism, and Computational Neuroscience; Understanding the Three Traditions; Conclusion; Cross-References; References; Section II Moral Cognition; 7 Moral Cognition: Introduction; Introduction: Moral Cognition; The Chapters in this Section; Possible Implications for Applied Ethics; Acknowledgments; Cross-References; References; 8 Beyond Dual-Processes: The Interplay of Reason and Emotion in Moral Judgment; Introduction; The Dethroning of Reason Summary Based on the study of neuroscientific developments and innovations, this Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of international neuroethical debate, and offers unprecedented insights into the impact of neuroscientific research, diagnosis and therapy Analysis ethiek ethics levenswetenschappen life sciences filosofie philosophy neurologie neurology recht law geneeskunde medicine sociale wetenschappen social sciences Philosophy (General) Filosofie (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 14, 2014) Subject Brain -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Neurosciences -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Brain -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects Neurosciences -- Moral and ethical aspects Genre/Form handbooks. Handbooks and manuals Handbooks and manuals. Guides et manuels. Form Electronic book Author Clausen, Jens, 1969- editor. Levy, Neil, 1967- editor. ISBN 9789400747074 9400747071

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