Advances in Neurophilosophy

Bringing together recent case studies and insights into current developments, this collection introduces philosophers to a range of experimental methods from neuroscience. Chapters provide a comprehensive survey of the discipline, covering neuroimaging such as EEG and MRI, causal interventions like brain stimulation, advanced statistical methods, and approaches drawing on research into the development of human individuals and humankind.
A team of experts combine clear explanations of complex methods with reports of cutting-edge research, advancing our understanding of how these tools can be applied to further philosophical inquiries into agency, emotions, enhancement, perception, personhood and more. With contributions organised by neuroscientific method, this volume provides an accessible overview for students and scholars coming to neurophilosophy for the first time, presenting a range of topics from responsibility to metacognition.

Nora Heinzelmann is Junior Faculty Member in the Institute for Philosophy at the University of Erlangen, Germany.

List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction to Neurophilosophy, Nora Heinzelmann (University of Erlangen, Germany) 1. How the Perception of Vocal Emotions can be Measured Through Intracranial Recordings in the Human Brain, Marine Bobin (University of Zurich, Switzerland) 2. Electrophysiology, Human Agency, and Moral Psychology, Sofia Bonicalzi (Roma Tre University, Italy) 3. Finding Feelings of Responsibility in the Human Brain with Magnetoencephalography (MEG), Marwa El Zein (Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany) 4. From "Blobs" to Mental States: The Epistemic Successes and Limitations of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Javier Gomez-Lavin (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 5. Resting-State fMRI and Cognitive Neuroscience, Bryce Gessell (Southern Virginia University, USA) 6. Using TMS to Test Hypotheses about the Causal Roles of Specific Brain Regions, John Michael (Central European University, Vienna, Austria) 7. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Alexander Soutschek (Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany) 8. Cognitive Computational Neuroscience, J. Brendan Ritchie (The National Institute of Mental Health, USA) and Gualtiero Piccinini (University of Missouri - St. Louis, USA) 9. Individual Development: Developmental Neuroscience, Kristina Musholt (Leipzig University, Germany) and Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany) 10. About Leaving the Neuroscience Lab, Antonella Tramacere (University of Bologna, Italy) Index