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On the Epistemological Relevance of Social Power and Justice in Mathematics
In this paper we argue that questions about which mathematical ideas mathematicians are exposed to and choose to pay attention to are...
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Writing, Imitation, and the Brain: Insights from Neuroscience Research
Referencing recent research[aut]Writing in neuroscience[aut]Imitation, this chapter argues that Writing Studies teachers and scholars should...
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Prediction versus understanding in computationally enhanced neuroscience
The use of machine learning instead of traditional models in neuroscience raises significant questions about the epistemic benefits of the newer...
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The Social Machine: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Approaches to Theory of Mind
The ability to infer cognitive states is essential for the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into society. This chapter aims to present...
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Correcting the Brain? The Convergence of Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, Psychiatry, and Artificial Intelligence
The incorporation of neural-based technologies into psychiatry offers novel means to use neural data in patient assessment and clinical diagnosis....
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Should social pragmatic communication disorder be included in DSM-5? On uncertainties, pragmatic considerations, and the psychiatric kind debate
In this paper, we want to take a critical stance towards Tsou’s recent proposal that a neuro-oriented version of the homeostatic property cluster...
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Consent and Behavioral Public Policies: A Social Choice Perspective
This paper explores the extent to which behavioral public policies can be both efficient and democratic by reflecting on the conditions under which...
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Explaining Social Action by Embodied Cognition: From Methodological Cognitivism to Embodied Individualism
The term Methodological Cognitivism was introduced in the late 90s when cognitivism was dominated by the information-processing psychology approach....
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Citizen Neuroscience: Brain–Computer Interface Researcher Perspectives on Do-It-Yourself Brain Research
Devices that record from and stimulate the brain are currently available for consumer use. The increasing sophistication and resolution of these...
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Psychology and Neuroscience: The Distinctness Question
In a recent paper, Gualtiero Piccinini and Carl Craver have argued that psychology is not distinct from neuroscience. Many have argued that Piccinini...
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Embodying the Face: The Intersubjectivity of Portraits and Self-portraits
The topic of the human face is addressed from a biocultural perspective, focusing on the empirical investigation of how the face is represented,...
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Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity in Neuroscience
With the rise of neuroethics as a research field of its own since the early 2000s, ethical questions concerning the neurosciences have become a major...
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Ethical and Social Aspects of Neurorobotics
The interdisciplinary field of neurorobotics looks to neuroscience to overcome the limitations of modern robotics technology, to robotics to advance...
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Dead Together: Love Hurts
This chapter will attempt to gaze into the negative core of the social bond. It will elaborate on the tragic story of society, presenting it as...
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Time, Life and Memory: Bergson and Neuroscience
An important epistemological convention for scientific research is to make a strict separation between subject and object, between the scientist and...
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New functionalism and the social and behavioral sciences
Functionalism about kinds is still the dominant style of thought in the special sciences, like economics, psychology, and biology. Generally...
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Moral Responsibility and Perceived Threats from Neuroscience
Neuroscience is offering daily insights into the inner workings of the brain and the biological basis of our decisions and actions. Such advances are...
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Normative Implications of Neuroscience and Sociobiology – Intended and Perceived
This chapter discusses the potential social consequences of scientific claims about human behavior. This has been an important concern in major...
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Inflating the social aspects of cognitive structural realism
Inspired by Ronald Giere’s (
1989 ,1992 ) cognitive approach to scientific models, Cognitive Structural Realism (CSR) has presented a naturalist... -
Perceptions on the Ethical and Legal Principles that Influence Global Brain Data Governance
Advances in neuroscience and other disciplines are producing large-scale brain data consisting of datasets from multiple organisms, disciplines, and...
