Against Strong Reductivism in Neuroscience Education: A Three-pronged Argument

Abstract

This paper discusses certain problematic assumptions involving ‘strong reductivism’ and ‘eliminative materialism’ in current neuroscientific research in education. I provide some definitions and follow with a discussion of recent neuroscience literature in education that discusses the reduction or elimination of ‘mind’ in favour of neurologic or brain states. I define causality as the claim that brain-states are the source and basis of cognitive states such as attention, emotion, pain, sense perception, memory and intelligence.

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James Scott Johnston

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  • EP ID EP292049
  • DOI 10.12775/SPI.2015.009
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James Scott Johnston (2015). Against Strong Reductivism in Neuroscience Education: A Three-pronged Argument. Studia Paedagogica Ignatiana. Rocznik Wydziału Pedagogicznego Akademii Ignatianum w Krakowie, 18(0), 177-202. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-292049