The Brain Abstracted
Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience
$133.34
- Paperback
360 pages
- Release Date
9 April 2024
Summary
Winner of the Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize from The Royal Institute of Philosophy Winner of the 2025 Lakatos Award from the London School of Economics and Political Science
An exciting, new framework for interpreting the philosophical significance of neuroscience.
All science needs to simplify, but when the object of research is something as complicated as the brain, this challenge can stretch the limits of scientific possibility. In fact, in The Brain Abstracted, an av…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262548045 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262548046 |
| Author: | M. Chirimuuta |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Release Date: | 9 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“Mazviita Chirimuuta’s The Brain Abstracted is a landmark work in the philosophy of neuroscience … It gives a fresh take on long-running debates about neural representation, computation, and functionalism, while also advancing the state of play within general philosophy of science. In short, it is an impressive book that is sure to shape discussion in the field for years to come.”—BJPS Review of Books
About The Author
M. Chirimuuta
M. Chirimuuta writes on the central ideas of the mind/brain sciences and was originally trained in visual neuroscience. She is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and the author of Outside Color (MIT Press).
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