Neurophilosophy and Alzheimer's Disease

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. Introduction: Neurophilosophy and Alzheimer’s Disease

   • P. S. Churchland

   Pages 1-4

3. Temporal Anomalies of Consciousness: Implications of the Uncentered Brain

   • D. C. Dennett

   Pages 5-17

4. Intertheoretic Reduction: A Neuroscientist’s Field Guide

   • P. M. Churchland, P. S. Churchland

   Pages 18-29

5. Language Comprehension in Ape and Child: Evolutionary Implications

   • E. S. Savage-Rumbaugh, E. Rubert

   Pages 30-48

6. A Cognitive Neuroscience of Alzheimer’s Disease: What Can Be Learned from Studies of visual Imagery?

   • S. M. Kosslyn, I. E. Dror

   Pages 49-59

7. Neuronal Models of Cognitive Functions Associated with the Prefrontal Cortex

   • J.-P. Pierre Changeux, S. Dehaene

   Pages 60-79

8. Exploring Memory in the Aging Brain from the Perspective of Recent Split Brain Studies

   • L. L. Le Sueur, M. S. Gazzaniga

   Pages 80-85

9. Alzheimer’s Disease: Disruption of Mind-Brain Relations

   • S. I. Rapoport

   Pages 86-107

10. Memory, Language and Decision-Making: Contributions from the Lesion Method in Humans

    • H. Damasio, A. R. Damasio

    Pages 108-122

11. The Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease. What Causes Dementia?

    • R. D. Terry

    Pages 123-130

12. The Early Detection of Brain Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease

    • M. J. de Leon, G. Smith, A. Convit, A. E. George, J. Golomb, C. Flicker et al.

    Pages 131-143

13. Consciousness: Evidence of Four Components in Alzheimer’s Disease

    • J. L. Signoret

    Pages 144-150

14. Back Matter

    Pages 151-153

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Any mention of the relationship, still poorly understood, between body (or brain) and mind invariably invokes the name of Descartes, who is often thought of as the father of modern philosophy and perhaps of neurophilosophy. Although a native of the heart of France (the region around Tours), Rene Descartes travelled widely, as everyone knows, especially to Holland and Sweden. It should come as no surprise, that the Congress of Neurophilosophy and Alzheimer's Disease was the first in the series of Fondation Ipsen Colloques Medecine et Recherche to be held outside France. The meeting was held in San Diego (California) on January 11, 1991. This venue was chosen for a number of reasons. The University of California San Diego is without doubt one of the most dynamic universities today. A good number of friends of the Fondation Ipsen who have taken part as speakers in previous conferences are based there. Patricia Churchland, whose publications have helped "launch" the term "neurophilosophy", also teaches there. The choice of this particular venue gave us the welcome opportunity of benefiting directly during the conference from the participation of many eminent (including some Nobel Prize-winning) scientists, including biochemists, neuro­ scientists and "alzheimerologist", psychologists, cognitive science specialists and philosophers.

• Alzheimer's disease
• Alzheimersche Krankheit
• Alzheimer´s disease
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Demenz
• Gehirn
• brain
• cortex
• dementia
• neuroscience
• research
• time

• Fondation IPSEN pour la Recherche Thérapeutique, Paris Cedex, France

  Yves Christen

• Department of Philosophy, University of California, La Jolla, USA

  Patricia S. Churchland

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