Philosophy in Neuroscience Kraków

A collection of essays dealing with the fundamental issues in neuroscience from methodological and philosophical perspectives. The Reader will learn about the methodological difficulties connected with the use of neuroscientific experiments in philosophical argumentation and about the nature of scientific explanation in neuroscience. In addition, the collection includes case studies of several issues lying at the intersection of neuroscience and philosophy such as: theory of mind, self-consciousness, self-deception, depression and morality. Spis treści: Part I Methodological Insights Bartosz Brożek Philosophy and Neuroscience: Three Modes of Interaction Robert Poczobut Mind, Emergence, and the Limits of Neuroscientific Explanations Marcin Miłkowski Theoretical Unification and the Neural Engineering Framework Radosław Zyzik Biological Determinism and Its Enemies Wojciech Grygiel Quantum Mechanics and Its Role in Cognitive Sciences: A Critical Survey Part II At the Border Between Neuroscience and Philosophy Łukasz Kurek Philosophical Issues in the Neuroscience of Mindreading: The Case of Belief Julia Stanek Self-Consciousness: From Philosophy to Neuroscience Mateusz Hohol, Piotr Urbańczyk Self-Deception: Between Philosophy and Cognitive Neuroscience Jerzy Vetulani The Neurobiology of Depression Dominika Dudek, Rafał Jaeschke, Marcin Siwek The Moral Brain: Is There a Link Between Neurobiology and Morality? Bram T. Heerebout, R. Hans Phaf Behavioural Benefits and Neural Costs in Simulated Evolution Wojciech Załuski On (Un)Happiness from the Viewpoint of Evolutionary Theory and Neuroscience