Cognition and neurophysiology: Mechanism, Reduction, and Pluralism

Special Issue of: Philosophical Psychology, Volume 22, Issue 5, 2009The papers collected in this volume explore some of the powers and limitations of the concept of mechanism for the scientific understanding of cognitive systems, and aim at bringing together some of the most recent developments in the philosophical understanding of the relation of cognition to neuroscience. Earlier versions of most papers have been presented at a workshop held in Paris on June 19th, 2006, which was organized by Institut Jean Nicod and supported by RESCIF (Réseau des sciences cognitives en Ile-de-France)