[MIND AND BRAIN IN PHILOSOPHY AND NEUROSCIENCES]
Sandro Nannini
Journal of the Siena Academy of Sciences October 12, 2018 DOI: 10.4081/jsas.2017.7889 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Key points | Proposes a naturalistic-materialistic solution to the mind-body problem in which the content of consciousness, consciousness itself, and self-consciousness are identified ontologically with three higher-order properties of brain dynamics, while remaining describable in the languages of neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and folk psychology. |
Abstract
[After a brief review of the solutions given to the mind-body problem by philosophers I propose a naturalistic-materialistic solution that is based on a collaboration between the philosophy of mind and neurosciences. According to this solution the three fundamental characteristics of every human state of consciousness – that is, having a content and being conscious and self-conscious - are identified with three higher order properties of brain dynamics from an ontological point of view, although each of them can be described and explained in the language of neuroscience, cognitive psychology and folk-psychology.]