The Matter of the Mind

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Philosophical Essays on Psychology, Neuroscience and Reduction

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The <i>Matter of the Mind</i> addresses and illuminates the relationship between psychology and neuroscience by focusing on the topic of reduction. <ul> <li>Written by leading philosophers in the field</li> <li>Discusses recent theorizing in the mind-brain sciences and reviews and weighs the evidence in favour of reductionism against the backdrop of recent important advances within psychology and the neurosciences</li> <li>Collects the latest work on central topics where neuroscience is now making inroads in traditional psychological terrain, such as adaptive behaviour, reward systems, consciousness, and social cognition.</li> </ul>