Images and constructs: can the neural correlates of self be revealed through radiological analysis?

In this paper I argue that radiological attempts to elucidate the properties of self -- an endeavor currently popular in the social neurosciences -- are fraught with conceptual difficulties. I first discuss several philosophical criteria that increase the chances we are posing the “right” questions...

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Autor principal:	Stanley B. Klein
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Universidad de San Buenaventura 2013
Materias:	Philosophy of science self theory social neuroscience neuroimaging Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0329f5d037d245b9866901d2060194e92021-11-25T02:22:43ZImages and constructs: can the neural correlates of self be revealed through radiological analysis?10.21500/20112084.7272011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/0329f5d037d245b9866901d2060194e92013-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/727https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922In this paper I argue that radiological attempts to elucidate the properties of self -- an endeavor currently popular in the social neurosciences -- are fraught with conceptual difficulties. I first discuss several philosophical criteria that increase the chances we are posing the “right” questions to nature. I then discuss whether these criteria are met when empirical efforts are directed at one of the central constructs in the social sciences – the human self. In particular, I consider whether recent attempts to map the neural correlates of self and its assumed properties using brain scanning technology satisfy the conceptual conditions minimally required to ask well-formed, theoretically satisfying questions of nature. I conclude that much theoretical work remains to be done.Stanley B. KleinUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticlePhilosophy of scienceselftheorysocial neuroscienceneuroimagingPsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 6 (2013)
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description	In this paper I argue that radiological attempts to elucidate the properties of self -- an endeavor currently popular in the social neurosciences -- are fraught with conceptual difficulties. I first discuss several philosophical criteria that increase the chances we are posing the “right” questions to nature. I then discuss whether these criteria are met when empirical efforts are directed at one of the central constructs in the social sciences – the human self. In particular, I consider whether recent attempts to map the neural correlates of self and its assumed properties using brain scanning technology satisfy the conceptual conditions minimally required to ask well-formed, theoretically satisfying questions of nature. I conclude that much theoretical work remains to be done.
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title	Images and constructs: can the neural correlates of self be revealed through radiological analysis?
title_short	Images and constructs: can the neural correlates of self be revealed through radiological analysis?
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title_full_unstemmed	Images and constructs: can the neural correlates of self be revealed through radiological analysis?
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Images and constructs: can the neural correlates of self be revealed through radiological analysis?

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