@EikoFried @tolchinsky @NicoleCRust @AnneliJefferson @awaisaftab @PessoaBrain @Mark_Solms @drmichaellevin Re Eiko. I've been trying to say for some time now that neuroprosthetics is an example where we work out the mental from the neural basis. The questio
@JRBneuropsiq @awaisaftab @DianeOLeary @PessoaBrain @Neuropsych89 It's some sort of functionalism. But *everything* is a function. The question is what sort of functions define the neural/mental. We need some precise models within which to discuss this. As
RT @TuomasPernu: @JRBneuropsiq @The_BNPA How to connect the mental and the neural? If you are interested in a pragmatic account, then you s…
@JRBneuropsiq @The_BNPA How to connect the mental and the neural? If you are interested in a pragmatic account, then you should also have a look at this: Pernu, T. K. (2018). “Mental causation via neuroprosthetics? A critical analysis”. Synthese 195, p. 5
@GarethRPearce @Philip_Goff I used "grounded in" rather casually. I'm not impressed by the metaphysics of grounding stuff. So yes, the point is that there is some asymmetric dependence. I am not sure the issue is empirical (neurobiological), though I've ta
@ExistWell @awaisaftab @MichielElk @JAMAPsych More technical things on causation and mind are presented in my paper on neuroprosthetics (below). I apply some of this to a psychiatric context in my Bloomsbury Companion paper and my BBS commentary (on my web
@BrainyJabber @psychgeist52 In my work I have tried to take the neurosciences/biology more concretely into account than most in philosophy/humanities, I dare to claim. Here I defend the identity theory (against some fluffy nonreductivistic argumentation by
@juskhoo @OUPPhilosophy I speak in terms of necessity/sufficiency element/criterion in a number of places, e.g. below, to make more precise the idea that cause is a difference-maker. I've got more detailed stuff in the drawer, one or two full papers, and a
RT @TuomasPernu: @JRBneuropsiq But this is where the beef is, in many ways, and this is something I'd like to discuss more with people: Pe…
@JRBneuropsiq But this is where the beef is, in many ways, and this is something I'd like to discuss more with people: Pernu, T. K. (2018). “Mental causation via neuroprosthetics? A critical analysis”. Synthese 195, p. 5159-5174. https://t.co/66PPQcVaY0
RT @TuomasPernu: @PhilCorlett1 In case you are interested, here I defend a more traditionally neuro-reductionist interpretation of feedback…
@PhilCorlett1 In case you are interested, here I defend a more traditionally neuro-reductionist interpretation of feedback loops: Pernu, T. K. (2018). “Mental causation via neuroprosthetics? A critical analysis”. Synthese 195, p. 5159-5174. https://t.co/
RT @TuomasPernu: Some say: neuroprosthetics "is about as clear a case of mental causation as one could imagine" (Woodward 2008). I say: "no…
@_fernando_rosas @DrYohanJohn @JoBervoets @WiringTheBrain A more (philosophically) technical take is my paper on neuroprosthetics. It is not directly related (as such) to control theory, but neuroprosthetics is control theory in action, and I started to co
@JylkkaJussi NB. In much of my work I have been critical of multiple realisation - and I still am (e.g. below). However, I think the whole picture is quite different to what you seem to be suggesting. Happy to talk about this more; this is at the heart of
@schizosemia @EVessonen Personally, I feel this is a major drawback in current philosophy of mind. Although not directly psychometrics, I wrote the paper below out of similar concern: we should get off fluffy philosophising and start looking into how thing
@qualiazombie @keithfrankish This is a surprisingly entrenched mistake. Wrote about this in relation to some current debates: Pernu, T. K. (2018). “Mental causation via neuroprosthetics? A critical analysis”. Synthese 195, p. 5159-5174. https://t.co/66PP
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RT @PhilSciArchive: Mental causation via neuroprosthetics? A critical analysis https://t.co/qSKgaSpDQU
RT @PhilSciArchive: Mental causation via neuroprosthetics? A critical analysis https://t.co/qSKgaSpDQU
Mental causation via neuroprosthetics? A critical analysis https://t.co/qSKgaSpDQU
RT @TuomasPernu: Some say: neuroprosthetics "is about as clear a case of mental causation as one could imagine" (Woodward 2008). I say: "no…
RT @TuomasPernu: Some say: neuroprosthetics "is about as clear a case of mental causation as one could imagine" (Woodward 2008). I say: "no…
RT @TuomasPernu: Some say: neuroprosthetics "is about as clear a case of mental causation as one could imagine" (Woodward 2008). I say: "no…
Some say: neuroprosthetics "is about as clear a case of mental causation as one could imagine" (Woodward 2008). I say: "no it isn't". Pernu, T. K. (forthcoming). “Mental causation via neuroprosthetics? A critical analysis”. Synthese. @Neuro_Skeptic http