Discussing Cognitive Neuroscience

Gerhard Benetka Born 1962 in Vienna, studies of psychology, history and sociology at University of Vienna; Master’s degree (Mag.phil.) 1989, PhD (Dr.phil.) 1994; authorisation to teach (venia docendi) for the subject of psychology 1998; visiting professorships in Vienna, Innsbruck, Graz, Klagenfurt and in the Principality of Liechtenstein; since 2007 full professor at Sigmund Freud University; since 2015 Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and chair of the academic senate.Hans WerbikBorn 1941 in Hollabrunn (Lower Austria), studies of psychology and musicology at University of Vienna; PhD (Dr.phil.) 1963; 1963-1965 psychologist at the Institute of Empirical Social Research in Vienna; 1965-1969 research assistant at the Institute of Psychology at the University of Tübingen; authorisation to teach (venia docendi) for the subject of psychology 1969; 1970-1973 professor, since 1973 full professor at the Institute ofPsychology at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; since 2006 emeritus professor; since 2015 university lecturer at Sigmund Freud University.

• Chapter 1. Critique of neuropsychology – A polemic.- Chapter 2. Living body (Leib) or physical dataset? Antonio Damsio’s and Thomas Fuchs’s holistic conception of the human being as opposite standpoint to reductionist models.- Chapter 3. The person and the brain.- Chapter 4. The neuropsychological discourse in philosophical critique - Bennett/Hacker and the consequences.- Chapter 5. Persistent biologism and the misuse of neuropsychology – an activity-theoretical contribution.- Chapter 6. Measuring free will with the readiness potential? New data on an old misunderstanding.- Chapter 7. The brain as protagonist – Without the brain all is nothing.- Chapter 8. Is it possible to simulate “thought”?