A philosophical mythbuster

Cognitive neuroscience gives us a glimpse into our brain activity; it allows us to learn more about ourselves. Or do brain scans actually not say very much about who we are? Philosopher Annemarie van Stee examines four myths about neuroscience and self-understanding.

Annemarie van Stee is a philosopher who also did a research master’s in cognitive neurosciences. Her PhD research in Leiden focused on the question of where philosophy and cognitive neurosciences meet. The question is, how much do we learn about ourselves from a glimpse into our brain? Van Stee explains, using four myths.

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I think we need to look at the whole picture to understand ourselves, sure, studying various bits will help, but its all the bits put together that gives a wider view.

the mind itself is a handy thing for looking at it self, not to be forgetting, before I outsource the job.

it’s an old fashioned analyzer.

old fashioned in that it has valves and variable resistors?

roughbarked said:

old fashioned in that it has valves and variable resistors?

yeah complete with CRT, and analogue :-)

my point was that every moment of wakefulness involves some sort of feedback regards how the box of tricks is performing.

and the feedback evolves