{"product_id":"the-brain-abstracted-simplification-in-the-history-and-philosophy-of-neuroscience-9780262548045","title":"The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): M. Chirimuuta\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: The MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: The MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn exciting, new framework for interpreting the philosophical significance of neuroscience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll science needs to simplify, but when the object of research is something as complicated as the brain, this challenge can stretch the limits of scientific possibility. In fact, in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Brain Abstracted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an avowedly “opinionated” history of neuroscience, M. Chirimuuta argues that, due to the brain’s complexity, neuroscientific theories have only captured partial truths—and “neurophilosophy” is unlikely to be achieved. Looking at the theory and practice of neuroscience, both past and present, Chirimuuta shows how the science has been shaped by the problem of brain complexity and the need, in science, to make things as simple as possible. From this history, Chirimuuta draws lessons for debates in philosophy of science over the limits and definition of science and in philosophy of mind over explanations of consciousness and the mind-body problem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Brain Abstracted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the product of a historical rupture that has become visible in the twenty-first century, between the “classical” scientific approach, which seeks simple, intelligible principles underlying the manifest complexity of nature, and a data-driven engineering approach, which dispenses with the search for elegant, explanatory laws and models. In the space created by this rupture, Chirimuuta finds grounds for theoretical and practical humility. Her aim in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Brain Abstracted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is not to reform neuroscience, or offer advice to neuroscientists, but rather to interpret their work—and to suggest a new framework for interpreting the philosophical significance of neuroscience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45268960444567,"sku":"9780262548045","price":4846.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780262548045.webp?v=1769236870","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-brain-abstracted-simplification-in-the-history-and-philosophy-of-neuroscience-9780262548045","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}