The Hard Reduction Psychology and Neuroscience
Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Social Sciences
First Advisor
Bauer, Gordon
Keywords
Reductionism, Depression, Psychology, Immunology, Neuroscience, Philosophy
Area of Concentration
Biopsychology
Abstract
As theory from cognitive psychology and clinical psychology are being formally included under the auspice of neuroscience, the question of integration arises. Reductionism and the mind-body problem provide a framework from which to examine this question. Reductionism highlights particular problems in attempting to explain the mental, experiential content of psychology in terms of neurobiology, such that identity claims cannot yet be made. Nonetheless, attempts to explain, and explain away the mental experiential content of psychology make themselves evident in contemporary neuroscience. Interactionism, as a method, is a viable option which respects the irreducibility of the mental, while allowing productive research to continue.
Recommended Citation
Kaufman, Caleb, "The Hard Reduction Psychology and Neuroscience" (2010). Theses & ETDs. 4285.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/4285
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