W. Bechtel, P. Mandik, J. Mundale, and R. S. Stufflebeam, Editors
Basil Blackwell, 2001
Preface and Acknowledgements
1. NEUROPHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS
Introduction, P. Mandik
1. Bechtel, W, Mandik, P., and Mundale, J. Philosophy meets the Neurosciences
2. Daugman, J. G. Brain metaphor and brain theory
3. Mundale, J. Neuroanatomical Foundations of Cognition: Connecting the Neuronal Level with the Study of Higher Brain Areas
4. Bechtel W. & Stufflebeam, R. S. Epistemic Issues in Procuring Evidence about the Brain: The Importance of Research Instruments and Techniques
Questions for further study and reflection
concerning neurophilosophical foundations
2. LANGUAGE
Introduction W. Bechtel
5. Broca, P., Remarks on the Seat of the Faculty of Articulate Language, Followed by an Observation of Aphemia.
6.Wernicke, C., Recent Works on Aphasia.
7. Petersen, S. E., and Fiez, J. A., The Processing of Single Words Studied with Positron Emission Tomography.
8. Bates, E., Modularity, domain specificity and the development of language.
9. Bechtel, W., Linking Cognition and Brain: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Language
Questions for further study and reflection concerning language.
3. VISION
Introduction, W. Bechtel
10. Hubel, D. H. and Wiesel, T. N., Brain Mechanisms of Vision.
11. Mishkin, M., Ungerleider, L. G., and Macko, K. A. Object Vision and Spatial Vision: Two Cortical Pathways.
12. van Essen, D. C. and Gallant, J. L. Neural mechanisms of Form and Motion Processing in the Primate Visual System.
13. Bechtel, W. Decomposing and Localizing Vision: An Exemplar for Cognitive Neuroscience
Questions for further study and reflection concerning vision
4. CONSCIOUSNESS
Introduction, P. Mandik
14. Crick, F. and Koch, C. Consciousness and Neuroscience.
15. Prinz, J. A Neurofunctional Theory of Visual Consciousness.
16. Hardcastle, V. G. The Nature of Pain
17. Mandik, P. The Neurobiology and Philosophy of Subjectivity.
Questions for further study and reflection concerning consciousness
5. REPRESENTATION
Introduction, P. Mandik
18. Bechtel, W. Representations: From Neural systems to Cognitive Systems.
19. Grush, R. The Architecture of Representation.
20. Akins, K. (1996): Of Sensory Systems and the 'Aboutness' of Mental States.
21. Stufflebeam, R. Brain Matters: A case Against Representations in the Brain.
Questions for further study and reflection concerning representation
6. REDUCTION
Introduction, J. Mundale
22. Churchland, P. M. and Churchland, P. S., Intertheoretic Reduction: A Neuroscientist’s Field Guide.
23. McCauley, R., Explanatory Pluralism and the Co-evolution of Theories of Science.
24. Churchland, P. M. and Churchland, P. S., McCauley's Demand for a Co-level Competitor.
Questions for further study and reflection concerning reduction