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A more substantive neuron doctrine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

Joe Y. F. Lau
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kongjyflau@hkusua.hku.hk www.hku.hk/philodep/joelau

Abstract

First, it is not clear from Gold & Stoljar's definition of biological neuroscience whether it includes computational and representational concepts. If so, then their evaluation of Kandel's theory is problematic. If not, then a more direct refutation of the radical neuron doctrine is available. Second, objections to the psychological sciences might derive not just from the conflation of the radical and the trivial neuron doctrines. There might also be the implicit belief that, for many mental phenomena, adequate theories must invoke neurophysiological concepts and cannot be purely psychological.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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