Will the Mind Become the Brain in the 21st Century?

In this editorial, it is strongly advocated that a change of policy is warranted in order to prevent neuroscience from becoming a waste of time and money in the 21st century. Repeating the same trick in different patient populations and perusing the scientific literature seems to currently be the backbone of medical science. However, this approach does not provide knowledge on how the brain works or how specific dysfunctions result in specific diseases. Therefore, earlier findings should, first, be combined to develop new theories on the mechanics of the mind, and, second, these new ideas should be tested in well-designed experiments.

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The parents of neuroscience and the neuroscience of parents

Estudos de Biologia ◽

10.7213/estud.biol.7324 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 34 (83) ◽

Author(s):

Ilton Santos da Silva ◽

Katie Coren Freeman ◽

Craig Howard Kinsley

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

The Past ◽

The Future ◽

Basic Ideas ◽

The Mind ◽

The Brain

Today’s burgeoning science of the mind, neuroscience stands on the shoulders of giants, great minds that have madehistory and still influence present day neurobiology because the strength of their contributions was so widespread andenduring. Our contribution will discuss some of the major forebears of neuroscience, and their continued contribution tothe field. We will trace some of the fundamental roots of the field going back thousands of years, showing a logical connectionbetween thinking of the past and ideas today. We next discuss our present day work and modest contributionsto the thinking about the brain and its natural malleability owing to the events of pregnancy and care of young. Finally,we will talk about what the future of the field may hold as more advancement in technology and apparatus lead us tonew discoveries and insights into our inner universe. Together, we hope to demonstrate that basic ideas and theorizing,first proposed in the vivid imaginations of science giants still hold sway today, influencing thinking and research at thethreshold of the 21st century. A good idea remains a good idea, resistant to time and tide, and available to inspire and guidethinking and theorizing long after its source has disappeared.

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Lighting Up the Brain to Illuminate the Mind

Contemporary Psychology ◽

10.1037/004852 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 49 (6) ◽

pp. 713-716

Author(s):

Ellen S. Berscheid

Keyword(s):

The Mind ◽

The Brain

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How Does the Brain Make the Mind? We Do Not Know.

PsycCRITIQUES ◽

10.1037/a0040351 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 61 (32) ◽

Author(s):

Christopher A. Was

Keyword(s):

The Mind ◽

The Brain

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Big Heads title page

10.31237/osf.io/3phfn ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

vernon thornton

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Title Page ◽

Language Of Thought ◽

Correct Version ◽

Evolutionary Context ◽

The Mind ◽

The Brain

A description of of the mind and its relationship to the brain, set in an evolutionary context. Introduction of a correct version of 'language-of-thought' called 'thinkish'.

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Zombies and Dolls

10.1093/oso/9780198728443.003.0002 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Marcello Massimini ◽

Giulio Tononi

Keyword(s):

Body Problem ◽

Thought Experiments ◽

Turing Test ◽

Hard Problem ◽

Mind Body Problem ◽

The Hard Problem ◽

The Mind ◽

The Brain

This chapter uses thought experiments and practical examples to introduce, in a very accessible way, the hard problem of consciousness. Soon, machines may behave like us to pass the Turing test and scientists may succeed in copying and simulating the inner workings of the brain. Will all this take us any closer to solving the mysteries of consciousness? The reader is taken to meet different kind of zombies, the philosophical, the digital, and the inner ones, to understand why many, scientists and philosophers alike, doubt that the mind–body problem will ever be solved.

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Agency, Responsibility, Selves, and the Mechanical Mind

Philosophies ◽

10.3390/philosophies6010007 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Fiorella Battaglia

Keyword(s):

Philosophy Of Technology ◽

Extended Mind ◽

Human Machine Interaction ◽

Person Perspective ◽

Legal Perspective ◽

Area Of Concern ◽

Third Person Perspective ◽

The Mind ◽

The Impact ◽

The Brain

Moral issues arise not only when neural technology directly influences and affects people’s lives, but also when the impact of its interventions indirectly conceptualizes the mind in new, and unexpected ways. It is the case that theories of consciousness, theories of subjectivity, and third person perspective on the brain provide rival perspectives addressing the mind. Through a review of these three main approaches to the mind, and particularly as applied to an “extended mind”, the paper identifies a major area of transformation in philosophy of action, which is understood in terms of additional epistemic devices—including a legal perspective of regulating the human–machine interaction and a personality theory of the symbiotic connection between human and machine. I argue this is a new area of concern within philosophy, which will be characterized in terms of self-objectification, which becomes “alienation” following Ernst Kapp’s philosophy of technology. The paper argues that intervening in the brain can affect how we conceptualize the mind and modify its predicaments.

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