Biological and Neuroscientific Foundations of Philosophy: Towards a New Paradigm
About this ebook
Written by an expert in neuroscience, the book draws together different strands of study to explore how scientific and neuropsychological discoveries are integral to the study of philosophy and our understanding of mind. It argues to move away from a philosophical paradigm that is based solely within physics and mathematics and to embrace more complex frames of data and knowledge of psychology and biology to advance the discipline. The book also reflects on the symbolic dimensions and the concept of "information" that characterize DNA (biology), and the psyche and language (cognitive and social neuroscience). It offers an ambitious thesis that ties together the philosophical foundations of science, the evolutionary history of human beings, social organization, communication and consciousness.
This interdisciplinary work will be highly beneficial for researchers and postgraduate students of neuroscience, philosophy and biological sciences, as well as those interested in the intersection between philosophy and neuroscience.
About the author
Franco Fabbro is Affiliate Professor at the Institute of Mechanical Intelligence, Sant’Anna School of Advances Studies, Pisa, Italy. He was full professor of physiology, child neuropsychiatry and clinical psychology at the University of Udine, Italy. He taught for more than thirty years after he graduated in medicine (1982) and specialized in neurology (1986). He has published numerous books and articles on the neuroscience of bilingualism, consciousness and the philosophy of science.
