Metaphilosophy of Mind: how Do Minds Investigate Minds? Refutation of the Theocentric View
Autor: | Konrad Werner |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
Philosophy of mind Mind extension Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Theory of Mind 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Mind Philosophy of cognitive science 050105 experimental psychology Neurophilosophy Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Applied Psychology Skepticism media_common Medicine(all) Cognitive science Metaphilosophy Communication 05 social sciences Regular Article 06 humanities and the arts Epistemology Philosophy Knowledge Anthropology 060302 philosophy Mental representation Cognitive Science Metacognition Psychology Emergent materialism Computational theory of mind |
Zdroj: | Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science |
ISSN: | 1936-3567 1932-4502 |
Popis: | I shall propose metaphilosophy of mind as the philosophy of mind investigating mind. That is to say, I pose the question of how knowledge of mind provided by cognitive science, broadly construed, is constrained by the epistemic position of the knower, i.e. by the very fact that it is undertaken by a mind. Here I would like to propose a minimal framework, based on two distinctions: (i) the standard one between empirical and conceptual analysis; (ii) a new one, between the internal questions of mind and the boundary questions of mind. I shall then combine these distinctions to arrive at several ways of investigating the mind, the brain and cognition. On this ground, I will discuss the notion of epistemological theocentrism as outlined by Henry Allison and argue against the perspective I call theocentric philosophy of mind. From this angle I will be able to address skepticism which cannot be defeated but actually can be, as I put it, disarmed. Finally, metaphilosophy of mind based on the abovementioned distinctions elicits a perspective that is not sufficiently delineated by cognitive scientists and philosophers: empirical way of addressing the boundary questions of mind. |
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