The Representational Fallacy in Neuroscience and Psychology: A Critical Analysis

Bennett, Maxwell R., Hacker, Peter

  • 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 出版日期: 2024-08-25
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 85
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 303157558X
  • ISBN-13: 9783031575587
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商品描述

This book traces the history and coherence of the use of the word 'representations' from its origins, particularly in the description of artefacts, to its use in the description of so-called mental and neural representations in the mind and in the brain. It is shown that there are no good reasons for this transition. Experimental psychology is confused in taking what one perceives to be a mental representation. Neuroscientists need to avoid moving readily between the notions of neural and mental representations; indeed even the logic of taking a pattern of neural activity as standing for some sensibly experienced characteristic requires elucidation. It is concluded that the word 'representation' when used in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience is confounding.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

本書追溯了「representations」一詞的歷史及其一致性,從其起源,特別是在對工藝品的描述中,到其在描述所謂的心智和神經表徵時的使用。顯示出這一轉變並沒有充分的理由。實驗心理學在將所感知的視為心智表徵時感到困惑。神經科學家需要避免在神經表徵和心智表徵的概念之間輕易轉換;事實上,將神經活動模式視為某種可感知特徵的邏輯也需要進一步闡明。結論是,在實驗心理學和認知神經科學中使用的「representation」一詞令人困惑。

作者簡介

Maxwell R Bennett is Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience and held the first University Chair for 'research recognized internationally to be of exceptional distinction' at the University of Sydney. This research is on the biophysics and neurobiology of synapses. He is the author and co-author of over 300 papers as well as of thirteen books on the neuroscience, history and philosophy of this subject. In the last twenty years he founded The Brain and Mind Research Institute, as well as The Mind & Neuroscience Thompson Institute, each concerned with ameliorating mental illness.

Peter Hacker is Emeritus Fellow of St John's College, Oxford and holds an Honorary Professorship at University College, London at the Institute of Neurology. He is a leading authority on the philosophy of Wittgenstein, has written extensively on philosophy and neuroscience, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of human nature. He is author and co-author of more than twenty-five books.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

馬克斯韋爾·R·班奈特(Maxwell R Bennett)是神經科學的名譽教授,曾在悉尼大學擔任首個「國際公認為卓越的研究」的大學講座教授。他的研究專注於突觸的生物物理學和神經生物學。他是300多篇論文的作者和合著者,以及十三本有關神經科學、歷史和哲學的書籍的作者。在過去的二十年中,他創立了《大腦與心智研究所》(The Brain and Mind Research Institute)以及《心智與神經科學湯普森研究所》(The Mind & Neuroscience Thompson Institute),這兩個機構均致力於改善心理疾病。

彼得·哈克(Peter Hacker)是牛津大學聖約翰學院的名譽研究員,並在倫敦大學學院的神經學研究所擔任榮譽教授。他是維根斯坦哲學的權威,對哲學和神經科學、語言哲學、心智哲學以及人性哲學有廣泛的著作。他是二十五本以上書籍的作者和合著者。