Integrating psychology and neuroscience: functional analyses as mechanism sketches |
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Authors: | Gualtiero Piccinini Carl Craver |
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Institution: | 1.University of Missouri,St. Louis,USA;2.Washington University in St. Louis,St. Louis,USA |
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Abstract: | We sketch a framework for building a unified science of cognition. This unification is achieved by showing how functional
analyses of cognitive capacities can be integrated with the multilevel mechanistic explanations of neural systems. The core
idea is that functional analyses are sketches of mechanisms, in which some structural aspects of a mechanistic explanation are omitted. Once the missing aspects are filled in, a functional
analysis turns into a full-blown mechanistic explanation. By this process, functional analyses are seamlessly integrated with
multilevel mechanistic explanations. |
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