Psychotherapy, Neuroscience, and Philosophy of Mind
Abstract
Neuroscience is founded on a philosophy of mind known as identity theory. This paper reviews identity theory, essential human features that cannot be understood using identity theory, and an updated philosophy known as eliminative materialism. Neuroscience’s limitations as a conceptual grounding for psychiatry and psychotherapy are deduced from the review.
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