Mainstream cognitive neuroscience aims to build mechanistic explanations of behavior by
map** abilities described at the organismal level via the subpersonal level of computation …

Develo** taxonomies—systems for classifying phenomena or objects of study—is an
important scientific activity. By categorizing and classifying phenomena, scientists can more …

Functional localization is a central aim of cognitive neuroscience. But the nature and extent
of functional localization in the human brain have been subjects of fierce theoretical debate …

Combining Minds is about the idea of minds built up out of other minds, whether this is
possible, and what it would mean if it were. Roelofs surveys many areas of philosophy and …

Functional decomposition is an important goal in the life sciences, and is central to
mechanistic explanation and explanatory reduction. A growing literature in philosophy of …

In their attempt to connect the workings of the human mind with their neural realizers,
cognitive neuroscientists often bracket out individual differences to build a single, abstract …

Since neuroimaging methods allow researchers to study the human brain at work, the vexed
mind-brain problem ceased to be just a metaphysical issue, and became a practical concern …

Synthese brain science, a construct that for many is foundational to cognitive neuroscience.
Many of the speakers at this conference turned their papers into contributions for this topical …

I summarize an early effort to provide a conceptual basis for psychology. Natural science
studies material objects, and its methods and assumptions may not be appropriate for the …

A cognitive system is a set of processes responsible for intelligent behaviour. This thesis is
an attempt to answer the question: how can cognitive systems be demarcated; that is, what …