Structures in Physics and Neuroscience: Structural Realism and the Unity of Science
Beni M.D. Northoff G.
August 2021Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Axiomathes
2021#31Issue 4479 - 495 pp.
We offer to extend structural realism into the field of mind and brain studies. The naturalised metaphysics of structural realism has been defined in terms of unification of sciences. The unification program has been carried out nicely in fields of Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity. But for the structural realist metaphysics to receive a recommendation, the unification program needs to be extended to the fields of especial sciences. Our aim in the paper is twofold. On the one hand, we present a structural realist theory of the brain that is well-supported by the best theories of computational neurosciences. On the other hand, and at the same time, we provide further reason for being optimistic about the structural realism metaphysical claim which is based on the idea of unification in sciences.
Difference-based coding , Neuronal structures , Sparse coding , Structural realism , Unification
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Department of Management, Science, and Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan City, Kazakhstan
Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Research Unit, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, 1145 Carling Avenue, Rm. 6435, Ottawa, K1Z 7K4, ON, Canada
Taipei Medical University, Graduate Institute of Humanities in Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, Brain and Consciousness Research Center, New Taipei City, Taiwan
National Chengchi University, Research Center for Mind, Brain and Learning, Taipei, Taiwan
National Chengchi University, Department of Psychology, Taipei, Taiwan
Centre for Cognition and Brain Disorders (CBBD), Normal University Hangzhou, Hangzhou, China
Department of Management
Nazarbayev University
Institute of Mental Health Research
Mind
Taipei Medical University
Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital
National Chengchi University
National Chengchi University
Centre for Cognition and Brain Disorders (CBBD)
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