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9780199568222

Explaining the Brain

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  • ISBN13:

    9780199568222

  • ISBN10:

    0199568227

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-08-17
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

Carl F. Craver investigates what we are doing when we use neuroscience to explain what's going on in the brain. When does an explanation succeed and when does it fail? Craver offers explicit standards for successful explanation of the workings of the brain, on the basis of a systematic view about what neuroscientific explanations are: they are descriptions of mechanisms.

Author Biography


Carl F. Craver is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis.

Table of Contents

Detailed Contentsp. xvi
List of Figures and Tablesp. xix
Introduction: Starting with Neurosciencep. 1
Explanation and Causal Relevancep. 21
Causal Relevance and Manipulationp. 63
The Norms of Mechanistic Explanationp. 107
A Field-Guide to Levelsp. 163
Nonfundamental Explanationp. 196
The Mosaic Unity of Neurosciencep. 228
Bibliographyp. 272
Indexp. 293
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