The Explanatory Autonomy of Psychology : Why A Mind is Not A Brain  

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Bem, Sacha

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Theory and Psychology vol. 11 no. 6 (Des. 2001), page 785–795.
Topik: BRAIN; action; commonsense psychology; mental states; psychological explanation; reasons; reduction; autonomy; mind; brain
Fulltext: 785TP116.pdf (67.26KB)

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The main question of this contribution is how to define a (relatively) autonomous psychological level. It will be introduced by some remarks on the general problem of reduction and explanatory levels. The arguments for a psychological level will be applied to the question : in what sense can (mental) causation figure in psychological explanations ? As it turns out, much depends on what, precisely, we want to know : are we interested in psychological questions about events at the neurological, physiological level, or in psychological questions about meaningful actions in intersubjective contexts ?

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