Philosophy of Cultural Neuroscience

The goal of this volume is to highlight theoretical and methodological advances in cultural neuroscience and the implications of theoretical and empirical advances in cultural neuroscience for philosophy. The study of cultural and biological factors that contribute to human behavior has been an important inquiry for centuries, and recent advances in the field of cultural neuroscience allow for novel insights into how cultural and biological factors shape mind, brain and behavior. Theoretical and empirical advances in cultural neuroscience, which investigate the origins of culture, may shed light on philosophical issues of the mind and science.

Joan Y. Chiao, Ph.D., is the Director of the International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium. She received her Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard University and B.S. in symbolic systems from Stanford University.

1. Dualism 2. Behaviorism 3. Identity theory 4. Functionalism 5. Reductionism 6. Materialism 7. Folk knowledge 8. Qualia 9. Naturalism 10. Explanation 11. Bayesianism 12. Scientific realism