Abstract
There is growing appreciation that understanding the complex relationship between neuroscience and psychological science is of fundamental importance to achieving progress across these scientific domains. One primary strategy for addressing this issue centers around understanding the nature of explanation in these different domains. This chapter provides a field guide to some of the core topics that have shaped and continue to influence the debate about explanation and integration across the mind and brain sciences. In addition to surveying the overall intellectual terrain, it also introduces the main proposals defended in the individual chapters included in the volume and highlights important similarities and differences between them.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Explanation and integration in mind and brain science |
Editors | David M. Kaplan |
Place of Publication | Oxford, United Kingdom |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Chapter | 1 |
Pages | 1-28 |
Number of pages | 28 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191508714 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780199685509 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- explanation
- integration
- autonomy
- reduction
- functional analysis
- mechanistic explanation