Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind
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Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind is a philosophical work by Paul Churchland that defends a scientifically grounded view of reality while arguing that human cognitive frameworks and concepts are malleable and subject to revision by advancing neuroscience.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind Context triple: [Paul Churchland, notableWork, Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind]
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Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain
Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain is a foundational book that integrates neuroscience and philosophy to explore how brain science can inform and reshape our understanding of the mind.
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The Rediscovery of the Mind
The Rediscovery of the Mind is a philosophical work by John Searle that critiques computational and reductionist theories of consciousness and argues for a biologically grounded account of the mind.
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Brain-Wise: Studies in Neurophilosophy
Brain-Wise: Studies in Neurophilosophy is a book that explores how advances in neuroscience reshape traditional philosophical questions about the mind, consciousness, and cognition.
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Science and the Mind
"Science and the Mind" is a work coauthored by mathematical physicist Roger Penrose that explores the nature of consciousness and its relationship to scientific understanding.
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Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind is Wilfrid Sellars’s influential 1956 essay that critiques traditional empiricism and introduces the famous distinction between the “space of reasons” and the “space of causes” in theories of mind and knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind Target entity description: Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind is a philosophical work by Paul Churchland that defends a scientifically grounded view of reality while arguing that human cognitive frameworks and concepts are malleable and subject to revision by advancing neuroscience.
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A.
Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain
Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain is a foundational book that integrates neuroscience and philosophy to explore how brain science can inform and reshape our understanding of the mind.
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B.
The Rediscovery of the Mind
The Rediscovery of the Mind is a philosophical work by John Searle that critiques computational and reductionist theories of consciousness and argues for a biologically grounded account of the mind.
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C.
Brain-Wise: Studies in Neurophilosophy
Brain-Wise: Studies in Neurophilosophy is a book that explores how advances in neuroscience reshape traditional philosophical questions about the mind, consciousness, and cognition.
-
D.
Science and the Mind
"Science and the Mind" is a work coauthored by mathematical physicist Roger Penrose that explores the nature of consciousness and its relationship to scientific understanding.
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E.
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind is Wilfrid Sellars’s influential 1956 essay that critiques traditional empiricism and introduces the famous distinction between the “space of reasons” and the “space of causes” in theories of mind and knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
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