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Started by Jud Wolfskill
Fri, 08 May 1998 00:00
New Book: Psychoneural Reduction
Author: Jud Wolfskill
Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 00:00
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The following is a book which readers of this list might find of interest. For more information please visit http://mitpress.mit.edu/promotions/books/BICPHF97 Psychoneural Reduction The New Wave John Bickle One of the central problems in the philosophy of psychology is an updated version of the old mind-body problem: how levels of theories in the behavioral and brain sciences relate to one another. Many contemporary philosophers of mind believe that cognitive-psychological theories are not reducible to neurological theories. However, this antireductionism has not spawned a revival of dualism. Instead, most nonreductive physicalists prefer the idea of a one-way dependence of the mental on the physical. In Psychoneural Reduction, John Bickle presents a new type of reductionism, one that is stronger than one-way dependency yet sidesteps the arguments that sank classical reductionism. Although he makes some concessions to classical antireductionism, he argues for a relationship between psychology and neurobiology that shares some of the key aims, features, and consequences of classical reductionism. Parts of Bickle�s �new wave� reductionism have emerged piecemeal over the past two decades; this is his first comprehensive statement and defense of it to appear. A Bradford Book January 1998 $35.00 256 pp. ISBN 0-262-02432-2 MIT Press * 5 Cambridge Center * Cambridge, MA 02142 * (617)625-8569
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