Philosophy of the Brain
The brain problem
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ISBN 9781423772286
"What is the mind?"
"What is the relationship between brain and mind?"
These are common questions. But "What is the brain?" is a rare question in both the neurosciences and philosophy. The reason for this may lie in the brain itself: Is there a "brain problem"?
In this fresh and innovative book, Georg Northoff demonstrates that there is in fact a "brain problem". He argues that our brain can only be understood when its empirical functions are directly related to the modes of acquiring knowledge, our epistemic abilities and inabilities. Drawing on the latest neuroscientific data and philosophical theories, he provides an empirical-epistemic definition of the brain. Northoff reveals the basic conceptual confusion about the relationship between mind and brain that has so obstinately been lingering in both neuroscience and philosophy. He subsequently develops an alternative framework where the integration of the brain within body and environment is central. This novel approach plunges the reader into the depths of our own brain. The "Philosophy of the Brain" that emerges opens the door to a fascinating world of new findings that explore the mind and its relationship to our very human brain. (Series A)
"What is the relationship between brain and mind?"
These are common questions. But "What is the brain?" is a rare question in both the neurosciences and philosophy. The reason for this may lie in the brain itself: Is there a "brain problem"?
In this fresh and innovative book, Georg Northoff demonstrates that there is in fact a "brain problem". He argues that our brain can only be understood when its empirical functions are directly related to the modes of acquiring knowledge, our epistemic abilities and inabilities. Drawing on the latest neuroscientific data and philosophical theories, he provides an empirical-epistemic definition of the brain. Northoff reveals the basic conceptual confusion about the relationship between mind and brain that has so obstinately been lingering in both neuroscience and philosophy. He subsequently develops an alternative framework where the integration of the brain within body and environment is central. This novel approach plunges the reader into the depths of our own brain. The "Philosophy of the Brain" that emerges opens the door to a fascinating world of new findings that explore the mind and its relationship to our very human brain. (Series A)
[Advances in Consciousness Research, 52] 2004. x, 433 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 4 September 2006
Published online on 4 September 2006
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements | pp. ix–x
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1. The ‘Brain problem’: 'Mind problems', hypothesis of ‘embedment’ and the neurophilosophical method | pp. 1–57
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2. Neuroepistemological account of the brain: ‘Epistemic-empirical relationship’ | pp. 59–174
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3. ‘Philosophy of the brain’: Empirical hypothesis of the brain, ‘epistemology of the brain’ and ‘ontology of the brain’ | pp. 175–335
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4. The ‘Embedded brain’: ‘Mind problems’, hypothesis of 'Embedment', and ‘Paradigm shifts’ | pp. 337–364
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Author index | pp. 403–404
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Subject index | pp. 405–429
“This novel approach plunges into the depths of their own brains. Fresh and innovative, the Philosophy of the Brain that emerges opens the door to a fascinating world of new findings that explore the mind and its relationship to our very human brain.”
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2019. Reflections on 20 years ofNeuropsychoanalysis. Neuropsychoanalysis 21:2 ► pp. 89 ff.
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2019. Neuro-Evolutionary Foundations of Infant Minds: From Psychoanalytic Visions of How Primal Emotions Guide Constructions of Human Minds toward Affective Neuroscientific Understanding of Emotions and Their Disorders. Psychoanalytic Inquiry 39:1 ► pp. 36 ff.
Boeker, Heinz & Rainer Kraehenmann
2018. Neuropsychodynamic Approach to Depression: Integrating Resting State Dysfunctions of the Brain and Disturbed Self-Related Processes. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 12
Boeker, Heinz & Georg Northoff
2018. Depressive Syndromes. In Neuropsychodynamic Psychiatry, ► pp. 219 ff.
Schaefer, Michael & Georg Northoff
2017. Who Am I: The Conscious and the Unconscious Self. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 11
Böker, Heinz & Georg Northoff
2016. Depressive Syndrome. In Neuropsychodynamische Psychiatrie, ► pp. 231 ff.
Hipolito, Ines
2016. The phenomenology of the intersubjective impairment. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 22:4 ► pp. 608 ff.
Mittelstraß, Jürgen
2016. Q. In Enzyklopädie Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie, ► pp. 524 ff.
Mittelstraß, Jürgen
2024. Q. In Enzyklopädie Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie, ► pp. 524 ff.
Northoff, Georg & Heinz Böker
2016. Sozial eingebettetes Gehirn („social embedded brain“) und relationales Selbst. In Neuropsychodynamische Psychiatrie, ► pp. 59 ff.
Schleim, Stephan
2015. The Half-Life of the Moral Dilemma Task: A Case Study in Experimental (Neuro-) Philosophy. In Handbook of Neuroethics, ► pp. 185 ff.
Northoff, Georg & Alexander Lüttich
2012. Selbst, Gehirn und Umwelt – konzeptuelle und empirische Befunde zum selbstbezogenen Processing und ihre Implikationen. In Theory of Mind, ► pp. 149 ff.
Tagini, Angela & Antonino Raffone
2010. The ‘I’ and the ‘Me’ in self-referential awareness: a neurocognitive hypothesis. Cognitive Processing 11:1 ► pp. 9 ff.
Branson, Christopher M.
2009. Finding a philosophical framework in support of “Presence”. Leadership & Organization Development Journal 30:3 ► pp. 224 ff.
Han, Shihui & Georg Northoff
2008. Culture-sensitive neural substrates of human cognition: a transcultural neuroimaging approach. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 9:8 ► pp. 646 ff.
Tretter, Felix
2008. Zur Freiheit des personalen Selbst - ein »Realitäts«-bezogenes ökologisches Konzept. Zeitschrift für Individualpsychologie 33:2 ► pp. 180 ff.
Tretter, Felix
2010. Philosophical Aspects of Neuropsychiatry. In Systems Biology in Psychiatric Research, ► pp. 3 ff.
Witzel, Joachim, Martin Walter, Bernhard Bogerts & Georg Northoff
2008. Neurophilosophical perspectives of neuroimaging in forensic psychiatry—giving way to a paradigm shift?. Behavioral Sciences & the Law 26:1 ► pp. 113 ff.
Tretter, F.
2007. Gehirn-Geist-Debatte. Der Nervenarzt 78:5 ► pp. 498 ff.
Northoff, G.
2006. Neurobiologie und Psychoanalyse: Kompatibilität!. In Psychoanalyse und Psychiatrie, ► pp. 279 ff.
Northoff, G., J. Witzel & B. Bogerts
2006. Was ist „Neuroethik“ — eine Disziplin der Zukunft?. Der Nervenarzt 77:1 ► pp. 5 ff.
Northoff, Georg
2006. Neuroscience of decision making and informed consent: an investigation in neuroethics. Journal of Medical Ethics 32:2 ► pp. 70 ff.
Northoff, Georg
2007. Selbst, Gehirn und Umwelt — konzeptuelle und empirische Befunde zum selbstbezogenen Processing. In Theory of Mind, ► pp. 91 ff.
Northoff, Georg
2008. What kind of neural coding and self does Hurley's shared circuit model presuppose?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 31:1 ► pp. 33 ff.
Northoff, Georg
2009. What Are the Subjective Processes in Our Brain? Empirical and Ethical Implications of a Relational Concept of the Brain. The American Journal of Bioethics 9:9 ► pp. 27 ff.
Northoff, Georg
2013. Neurophilosophy. In Neurosciences - From Molecule to Behavior: a university textbook, ► pp. 75 ff.
Northoff, Georg
2014. Von Pagoden und großen Fischen oder: Die Kultur der Wahrnehmung. In Wie kommt die Kultur in den Kopf?, ► pp. 1 ff.
Northoff, Georg
2015. How the Self Is Altered in Psychiatric Disorders. In Re-Visioning Psychiatry, ► pp. 81 ff.
Northoff, Georg
2018. Neurophilosophy and Neuroethics: Template for Neuropsychoanalysis?. In Neuropsychodynamic Psychiatry, ► pp. 599 ff.
Northoff, Georg
2018. What Is the Unconscious? A Novel Taxonomy of Psychoanalytic, Psychological, Neuroscientific, and Philosophical Concepts. In Neuropsychodynamic Psychiatry, ► pp. 117 ff.
Northoff, Georg & Alexander Heinzel
2006. First-Person Neuroscience: A new methodological approach for linking mental and neuronal states. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 1:1
Northoff, Georg & Kristina Musholt
2006. How Can Searle Avoid Property Dualism? Epistemic-Ontological Inference and Autoepistemic Limitation. Philosophical Psychology 19:5 ► pp. 589 ff.
Northoff, Georg & Kristina Musholt
2006. Können wir unser eigenes Gehirn als Gehirn erkennen?. In Akteur Gehirn — oder das vermeintliche Ende des handelnden Subjekts, ► pp. 19 ff.
Schneider, P. & G. Northoff
2006. Psychoanalyse und Neurowissenschaft: Inkompatibilität!. In Psychoanalyse und Psychiatrie, ► pp. 293 ff.
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Subjects
Philosophy
Main BIC Subject
JMT: States of consciousness
Main BISAC Subject
PSY008000: PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition