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Radical explanations, but trivial descriptions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

Claus Lamm
Claus Lamm
Affiliation:
Brain Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Vienna, A-1010 Vienna, Austriaclaus.lamm@univie.ac.at
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Abstract

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A thorough distinction between explanatory and descriptive concepts reveals a radical explanatory and a trivial descriptive doctrine in current neuroscientific research. The explanatory approach examines the neuronal substrates of the mind, whereas the descriptive one deals only with its correlates.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , October 1999 , pp. 842 - 843
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press