''Mind is brain'' is trivial and nonscientific in both neurobiology and cognitive science

Journal/Book: Behav Brain Sci. 1999; 22: 40 West 20Th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA. Cambridge Univ Press. 842+.

Abstract: Gold & Stoljar reveal that adherence to the radical neuron doe trine cannot be maintained via appeals to scientific principles. Using arguments from (1) naturalism and materialism, (2) unification, and (3) exemplars, it is shown that the ''mind-is-brain'' materialism explicit in the trivial version of the neuron doctrine ultimately suffers the same theoretical fate. Cognitive science, if it is to adopt an ontology at all, would be better served by a metaphysically neutral ontology such as double-aspect theory or neutral monism.

Note: Editorial Jordan JS, St Xavier Univ, Dept Psychol, Chicago,IL 60655 USA

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