Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh | The Brain Abstracted (New Books at Edinburgh Philosophy) @edinburghphilosophy | Uploaded 4 months ago | Updated 12 hours ago
Speakers
- Mazviita Chirimuuta (University of Edinburgh)
- Tina Röck (University of Dundee)
- Nick Shea (University of Oxford)
This is a philosophical event to celebrate the launch of Dr. Chirimuuta's book, The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience (MIT Press: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262548045/the-brain-abstracted/). Join our intellectual community in Edinburgh to recognise and critically engage with the works of philosophers.
Mazviita will introduce the central ideas of the book. This will be followed by critical responses from Tina Röck (Dundee) and Nick Shea (Oxford), who offer perspectives from both continental philosophy of biology and analytic philosophy of cognitive science.
Here is the link to the open access version of the book: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5741/The-Brain-AbstractedSimplification-in-the-History
Speakers
- Mazviita Chirimuuta (University of Edinburgh)
- Tina Röck (University of Dundee)
- Nick Shea (University of Oxford)
This is a philosophical event to celebrate the launch of Dr. Chirimuuta's book, The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience (MIT Press: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262548045/the-brain-abstracted/). Join our intellectual community in Edinburgh to recognise and critically engage with the works of philosophers.
Mazviita will introduce the central ideas of the book. This will be followed by critical responses from Tina Röck (Dundee) and Nick Shea (Oxford), who offer perspectives from both continental philosophy of biology and analytic philosophy of cognitive science.
Here is the link to the open access version of the book: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5741/The-Brain-AbstractedSimplification-in-the-History
