文档介绍：Mental
Mechanisms
Mental
Mechanisms
Philosophical Perspectives on
Cognitive Neuroscience
William Bechtel
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Bechtel, William.
Mental mechanisms : philosophical perspectives on cognitive neuroscience /
William Bechtel.
p. ; cm.
“Taylor and Francis title.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8058-6333-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Cognitive
neuroscience--Philosophy. I. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Memory--physiology. 2. Cognition--physiology. 3. Philosophy. WL 102
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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
One Naturalism and Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
OutlinesofaNewPhilosophyofScience
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