Video Lectures on Philosophy and Neuroscience
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Short Video #2
Your Brain Did What? (Mereological Fallacies)
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Your Brain Did What? (Mereological Fallacies)
People often make claims about what your brain does or what parts of your brain do. Lots of these claims are fallacious, but some are not. What's the difference? In just five minutes this video will give you some highlights from a couple millennia of attempts to sort out these claims.
For a deeper dive into the neuroscience of free will, see Dr. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong's 4th (of 5) videos from this series: https://youtu.be/dlzgi383GLI
This short video is made via collaboration between @neuralmechanisms942 and @PhilosophyOfBrains with generous funding from the @templetonworldcharityfound4808 in partnership with @dukeuniversity and those listed in the video credits.
SUGGESTED READING
Aristotle. (2017). Aristotle: De Anima (C. Reeve, Trans.). Indianapolis: Hackett. https://amzn.to/3OoE80y
Bennett, M. R., & Hacker, P. M. S. (2022). Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience. John Wiley & Sons. https://amzn.to/43BxHeX
Figdor, C. (2018). The Fallacy of the Homuncular Fallacy. Belgrade Philosophical Annual, 31, 41–56. https://doi.org/10.5937/BPA1831041F
Harré, R. (2012). Behind the Mereological Fallacy. Philosophy, 87(3), 329–352. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003181911200...
Lewes, G. H. (1877). Problems of Life and Mind: The physical basis of mind. Trübner & Company. https://amzn.to/3rKPTFJ
Wittgenstein, L. (1953). Philosophical Investigations. John Wiley & Sons. https://amzn.to/3QaeMoM