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Inquiry
An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy
Volume 29, 1986 - Issue 1-4
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Symposium: Patricia Smith Churchland's neurophilosophyFootnote

Brain‐mind philosophy

Pages 203-215 | Received 12 Mar 1986, Published online: 29 Aug 2008
 

Abstract

The remarkable advances in continuing elucidation of the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the central nervous system in recent experimental animal and clinical studies have provided new contexts for evaluating earlier historical and current controversies on human brain‐structure‐function and brain‐mind relationships. Churchland's Neurophilosophy reviews and critically evaluates the implications of the recent advances in the various neurosciences for formulation of a comprehensive concept of the nature of the mind and the historical controversies on human structure‐function and brain‐mind relationships. Although uneven, it is a monumental effort and a remarkable achievement that will provide new, broader, and deeper contexts for philosophers as well as for those engaged in the various neurosciences.

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Patricia Smith Churchland, Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind‐Brain. Bradford Books. Cambridge, Mass./London: MIT Press, 1986, xvi + 546 pp., $27.50.

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