On the Relation Between Behavior Analysis and Neuroscience: A Review of J. Moore
As the title of J. Moore’s paper, “Some Thoughts on the Relation Between Behavior Analysis and Behavioral Neuroscience” suggests, he discusses the relationship between these two sciences. The author...
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First of all, humans are immensely social beings. Some important social behaviors are genetically caused, and much of our brains are devoted to social domains/tasks. For example, face areas in the...
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There is a common assumption that true scientific laws have no exceptions. These would be the basic laws of physics, for example. They hold over all time and space, in any situation, in regards to...
View ArticleThe Mind-Body Problem Solved
The mind-body problem is the central issue in the subfield of philosophy known as philosophy of mind. The basic issue is this: How are the mind and brain related? Are they two different things? Are...
View ArticleThe Post-Philosophical Sciences of Humanity
For quite a while, the cognitive and neural sciences have been on the rise, along with a synergistic and ‘consilience’ style incorporation of evolutionary theorizing into the mix. This shift has been...
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