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Nora Heinzelmann is Junior Faculty Member in the Institute for Philosophy at the University of Erlangen, Germany.This fine volume is an excellent introduction to the emerging interdisciplinary field of neurophilosophy. It offers detailed accounts of key neuroscientific methods as applied to central philosophical problems, illustrated with cutting-edge research. A must-have for anyone interested in what neuroscience has to offer to philosophy
Guy Kahane, Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK
Nora Heinzelmann’s collection contains a great selection of contributions from an important field of philosophical thinking. Highly recommended, both for an overview over the entire field of Neurophilosophy, and for in-depth knowledge about specific topics and methods.
Michael Pauen, Professor of Philosophy, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Philosophy asks foundational questions about mind, mentation, and agency, and the methods and results from neuroscientific inquiry can help us make progress in addressing these questions. Though neurophilosophy is a relatively young field, its potential to deliver important new philosophical insights is evident throughout these pages.
Chandra Sripada, Theophile,Raphael Professor and Professor of Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Cognitive Science, University of Michigan, USA
Bringing together recent case studies and insights into current developments, this collection introduces philosophers to a range of experimental methods from neuroscience. Chapters provide a comprehensive survey of the discipline, covering neuroimaging such as EEG and MRI, causal
interventions like brain stimulation, advanced statistical methods, and approaches drawing on research into the development of human individuals and humankind.
A team of experts combine clear explanations of complex methods with reports of cutting-edge research, advancing our understanding of how these tools can be applied to further philosophical inquiries into agency, emotions, enhancement, perception, personhood and more. With contributions organised by neuroscientific method, this volume provides an accessible overview for students and scholars coming to neurophilosophy for the first time, presenting a range of topics from responsibility to metacognition.
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Notes on Contributors
Introduction to Neurophilosophy, Nora Heinzelmann (University of Erlangen, Germany)
1. How the Perception of Vocal Emotions can be Measured Through Intracranial Recordings in the Human Brain, Marine Bobin (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
2. Electrophysiology, Human Agency, and Moral Psychology, Sofia Bonicalzi (Roma Tre University, Italy)
3. Finding Feelings of Responsibility in the Human Brain with Magnetoencephalography (MEG), Marwa El Zein (Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany)
4. From “Blobs” to Mental States: The Epistemic Successes and Limitations of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Javier Gomez-Lavin (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
5. Resting-State fMRI and Cognitive Neuroscience, Bryce Gessell (Southern Virginia University, USA)
6. Using TMS to Test Hypotheses about the Causal Roles of Specific Brain Regions, John Michael (Central European University, Vienna, Austria)
7. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Alexander Soutschek (Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany)
8. Cognitive Computational Neuroscience, J. Brendan Ritchie (The National Institute of Mental Health, USA) and Gualtiero Piccinini (University of Missouri - St. Louis, USA)
9. Individual Development: Developmental Neuroscience, Kristina Musholt (Leipzig University, Germany) and Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany)
10. About Leaving the Neuroscience Lab, Antonella Tramacere (University of Bologna, Italy)
Index
Presents an overview of the main neuroscientific methods and showcases how they can advance philosophical research.
Provides an accessible overview of neurophilosophy, with chapters organised by method
Series Editor: Justin Sytsma is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Empirical and experimental philosophy is generating tremendous excitement, producing unexpected results that are challenging traditional philosophical methods. Advances in Experimental Philosophy responds to this trend, bringing together some of the most exciting voices in the field to understand the approach and measure its impact in contemporary philosophy. The result is a series that captures past and present developments and anticipates future research directions.
Editorial Board: James Andow (University of Manchester, UK), Florian Cova (University of Geneva, Switzerland), Masashi Kasaki (Nagoya University, Japan), Joshua Knobe (Yale University, USA), Jincai Li (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Edouard Machery (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Thomas Nadelhoffer (College of Charleston, USA), Jennifer Nado (University of Hong Kong), Eddy Nahmias (Georgia State University, USA), Izabela Skoczen (Jagiellonian University), Noel Struchiner (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Pascale Willemsen (University of Zurich, Switzerland)