2 papers in the library · 18 citations · publishing 2009-2026
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences March 19, 2026 Mazviita Chirimuuta
The Brain Abstracted tackles the question of how we should interpret neuroscience for the purposes of doing philosophy of mind. Neurophilosophy rests on the premise that the findings presented in the theories and models of neuroscience are directly relevant to longstanding philosophical topics such as the nature of perception and agency. Insufficient attention has been paid to the challenge of...
Oxford University Press eBooks September 2, 2009 Mazviita Chirimuuta, Ian Gold 18 citations
Abstract This article examines the concept of the receptive field (RF) of visual neurons. It introduces the concept of visual RFs by discussing the classical picture of primary visual cortex (V1) physiology and discusses the psychophysics and computational vision of contrast discrimination to place the visual neurophysiology in context. It evaluates some recent data which questioned the...