Overview
- Provides a systematic analysis of the contributions of cognitive neuroscience (CNS) and philosophy to self-understanding.
- Offers in-depth analysis of CNS of love, CNS of self-reflection and of the philosophy of love and selfhood, e.g. Frankfurt, Wolf, Taylor, Kierkegaard
- Develops a new method of doing philosophy of cognitive neuroscience, called conceptual review
Part of the book series: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science (NDPCS)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
After years of neurohype and a neuroskeptic backlash, this book provides a systematic analysis of the contributions to self-understanding cognitive neuroscience (CNS) and philosophy can make.
The stories of five people in search of self-understanding serve as touchstone throughout the book. Their identities are tied up with what they love. The book provides in-depth analyses of CNS of love and CNS of self-reflection. It critically discusses philosophers who focus on the relation between love, self-understanding and selfhood, such as Harry Frankfurt, Susan Wolf, Charles Taylor and Søren Kierkegaard. It also builds an argument about CNS’ contributions to self-understanding more broadly, and how different these are from philosophy’s contributions.
The book develops conceptual review as a philosophical method for improving the validity and comparability of CNS studies. It integrates CNS insights into its philosophical view on love and selfhood where applicable. This book thus argues and exemplifies that philosophy and CNS can work together.
Reviews
“This is an essential study when we want to evaluate cognitive neuroscience’s strength in an intelligent manner and also when we want to understand what the value of genuine philosophical reflection is. Van Stee argues from an in-depth grasp of her material. The book is exceptionally well-written and beautifully organized. Ultimately, this study argues for and embodies the value of interdisciplinary cooperation.” (From the jury report for the Hodshon Prize, Royal Holland Society for the Sciences and Humanities)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Annemarie van Stee is lecturer in philosophy at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Love and Selfhood
Book Subtitle: Self-understanding Through Philosophy and Cognitive Neuroscience
Authors: Annemarie van Stee
Series Title: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06801-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-06800-3Published: 28 July 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-06803-4Published: 28 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-06801-0Published: 27 July 2022
Series ISSN: 2946-2959
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2967
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 234
Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Neurosciences