The Representational Fallacy in Neuroscience and Psychology
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-57558-7 (ISBN)
This book traces the history and coherence of the use of the word 'representations' from its origins, particularly in the description of artefacts, to its use in the description of so-called mental and neural representations in the mind and in the brain. It is shown that there are no good reasons for this transition. Experimental psychology is confused in taking what one perceives to be a mental representation. Neuroscientists need to avoid moving readily between the notions of neural and mental representations; indeed even the logic of taking a pattern of neural activity as standing for some sensibly experienced characteristic requires elucidation. It is concluded that the word 'representation' when used in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience is confounding.
Maxwell R Bennett is Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience and held the first University Chair for 'research recognized internationally to be of exceptional distinction' at the University of Sydney.
Peter Hacker is Emeritus Fellow of St John's College, Oxford and holds an Honorary Professorship at University College, London at the Institute of Neurology. He is a leading authority on the philosophy of Wittgenstein, has written extensively on philosophy and neuroscience, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of human nature. He is author and co-author of more than twenty-five books.
1. The Varieties of Conceptions of Representation.- 2. The Early History of Representations in Experimental Psychology.- 3. The Early History of Neural Representations.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 27.08.2024 |
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| Zusatzinfo | IX, 85 p. 3 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie | |
| Schlagworte | Memory • Motor Cortex • Neural Activity • neural representation • perception |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-57558-X / 303157558X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-57558-7 / 9783031575587 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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