The Mind as a Scientific Object Between Brain and Culture

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Pub. Date: 2099-11-30
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Table of Contents

Introduction : can cognitive science locate and provide a correct account of the mind's center? : progress toward the literalp. 3
Where are we at present, and how did we get there?
Introductionp. 15
The relevance of the philosophy of psychology to a science of psychologyp. 20
Mind as a scientific object : a historical-philosophical explorationp. 35
The emergence of minds in space and timep. 79
Is the mind a scientific object of study? : lessons from historyp. 101
Is the study of mind continuous with the rest of science?
Introductionp. 121
Psychology as engineeringp. 126
Epistemic dualismp. 144
Mind, brain, and culturep. 160
Chalmer's naturalistic dualism : the irrelevance of the mind-body problem to the scientific study of consciousnessp. 165
Emergence and efficacyp. 176
Eliminative materialism : sound or mistaken?
Introductionp. 193
A particularly compelling refutation of eliminative materialismp. 197
Commonsense refutations of eliminativismp. 206
What does it take to be a true believer? : against the opulent ideology of eliminative materialismp. 211
Connectionism and the propositional attitudesp. 225
Is "mind" just another name for the brain and what the brain does?
Introductionp. 247
All in the interest of time : on the problem of speed and cognitionp. 251
Can there be a cognitive neuroscience of central cognitive systems?p. 265
The cognitive neuroscience laboratory : a framework for the science of mindp. 283
Gall's legacy revisited : decomposition and localization in cognitive neurosciencep. 293
Does evolution provide a key to the scientific study of mind?
Introductionp. 319
The detachment of thoughtp. 323
The mind as an object of scientific studyp. 342
The significance of ape language researchp. 367
I object : mind and brain as Darwinian thingsp. 381
Is the mind a cultural entity?
Introductionp. 399
Ignace Meyerson and cultural psychologyp. 402
Strong culturalismp. 413
The text of the mindp. 432
Rationality : cultural or natural?
Introductionp. 453
Beyond the mind-body problemp. 457
Workshop rationality, dogmatisms, and models of the mindp. 471
Is cognitive development equivalent to scientific development?p. 487
Mind, brain, and the upper Paleolithicp. 499
Afterword : between brain and culture - the diversity of mindp. 511
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