Our brains are not us.

Author: Glannon W.
Affiliation:
University of Calgary--Philosophy, Social Sciences, 1226 2500 University Dr., NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada. wglannon@ucalgary.ca
Conference/Journal: Bioethics
Date published: 2009 Jul
Other: Volume ID: 23 , Issue ID: 6 , Pages: 321-9 , Word Count: 65

Many neuroscientists have claimed that our minds are just a function of and thus reducible to our brains. I challenge neuroreductionism by arguing that the mind emerges from and is shaped by interaction among the brain, body, and environment. The mind is not located in the brain but is distributed among these three entities. I then explore the implications of the distributed mind for neuroethics.

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