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A Parallel Between Radical Reductionism in Science and in Art
Author(s) -
KANDEL ERIC R.,
MACK SARAH
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1279.016
Subject(s) - reductionism , computer science , data science , chemistry , biochemical engineering , epistemology , philosophy , engineering
A bstract : Neural science represents an important bridge between the natural sciences concerned with the nature of the physical world and the humanities concerned with the nature of human existence. We try to illustrate this bridging function in two ways. One, we show that many neural scientists study the brain to address humanistically important questions about the mind first raised by classical philosophy. Second, in certain instances the humanities and neural sciences use common methodologies to achieve their respective goals.