Overview
- Offers novel evaluation of complex interdisciplinary academic research, in theory and in application
- Clarifies intersections of philosophy and neuroscience in comprehensible terms
- Presents a critical account of brain data, including resources for how to assess its nature and significance
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Where there is data there are questions of ownership, leaks, and worries about misuse. When what’s at stake is data on our brains, the stakes are high. This book brings together philosophical analysis and neuroscientific insights to develop an account of ‘brain data’: what it is, how it is used, and how we ought to take care of it.
Emerging trends in neuroscience appear to make mental activity legible, through sophisticated processing of signals recorded from the brain. This can include Artificial Intelligence (AI), with algorithms classifying brain signals for further processing. These developments will have ramifications for concepts of the brain, the self, and the mind. They will also affect clinical practices like psychiatry, by modifying concepts of mental health and introducing AI-based diagnostic and treatment strategies. The issues arising are vastly complicated, little understood, but of high importance.Philosophical Perspectives on Brain Data clarifies complex intersections of philosophical and neuroscientific interest, presenting an account of brain data that is comprehensible. This account can be the basis for evaluating practices based on brain data. As such, the book aims to open a novel space for evaluating hitherto arcane areas of academic research in order to provide the necessary scope for understanding their real-world consequences. These consequences will include personal, socio-political, and public health dimensions. It is therefore vital that they are understood if their impacts upon aspects of everyday life can be evaluated adequately.
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Stephen Rainey is a Philosopher at Technische Universiteit, Delft, Netherlands. His recent work has focused on ethical and epistemic issues concerning brain computer interfaces, including how these impact upon identity, rationality, and control over actions.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophical Perspectives on Brain Data
Authors: Stephen Rainey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27170-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27169-4Published: 04 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-27170-0Published: 03 May 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 150
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Neurosciences, Artificial Intelligence, Psychiatry