Gold & Stoljar's target article is important because
it shows the limitations of neurobiological theories of the mind more
powerfully than previous philosophical criticisms, especially those
that focus on the subjective nature of experience and those that use
considerations from philosophy of language to argue for the holism of
the mental. They use less controversial assumptions and clearer
arguments, the conclusions of which are applicable to the whole of
neuroscience. Their conclusions can be applied to psychiatry to argue
that, contrary to many researchers' assumptions, the approaches
to both understanding and treating mental disorders must be
interdisciplinary.
