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Single Idea 24495

[catalogued under 15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain]

Full Idea

The rejection of the classical approach to brain research rejects the idea that brain areas are strictly specialised (e.g. sensory or motor), worries about laboratory simplifications, and asserts the importance of animal behaviour.

Gist of Idea

Brain research should reject sharp boundaries, excessive simplification, and neglect of animals

Source

Mazviita Chirimuuta (The Brain Abstracted [2024], 5.2)

A Reaction

As an outsider, I totally approve of all three of these developments. If we neglect animals, we overemphasise language (as happened in 20th century philosophy).

Book Reference

Mazviita Chirimuuta: 'The Brain Abstracted' [MIT 2024], p.138