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(2013) Handbook of neurosociology, Dordrecht, Springer.
The conflict between the sciences and the humanities results from an implicit endorsement by most scientists and humanists of representationalist theories of truth. I argue that a pragmatic account of truth, as modified by John Dewey's notion of philosophical reconstruction, affords us the means of reaching rapprochement. I draw on the work of C. P. Snow, Jerome Kagan, and Edward Slingerland to develop a neurophilosophical pragmatist account of how to reconstruct the relationship between the two cultures. I draw on recent work on mirror neuron systems and suggest that a new metaphor for thinking about consciousness may serve well the reconstructive project.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4473-8_7
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Solymoski, T. (2013)., Can the two cultures reconcile?: reconstruction and neuropragmatism, in D. D. Franks & J. H. Turner (eds.), Handbook of neurosociology, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 83-97.
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