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Can Whitehead's Philosophy Provide an Adequate Theoretical Foundation for Today's Neuroscience?
- Author(s):
- David E. Roy, Ph.D. (see profile)
- Date:
- 2017
- Group(s):
- Philosophy, Science Studies and the History of Science, Speculative and Science Fiction, Theology
- Subject(s):
- Neurosciences--Philosophy
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Alfred North Whitehead, Metatheory of neuroscience, Process Philosophy, right and left brain hemispheres, Philosophy of neuroscience
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M65W0N
- Abstract:
- This article shows the high degree of correlation between the ways in which the right and the left hemispheres process and organize information and Whitehead's understanding of the two pure and direct modes of perception, causal efficacy and presentational immediacy. The neuroscience is drawn from the recent work of Iain McGilchrist and Robert Ornstein. It is argued that the correlation supports the proposition that Whitehead's metaphysics (of which his theory of perception is an integral part) can serve as the guiding metatheory for neuroscience.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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