Pragmatist Neurophilosophy: American Philosophy and the Brain

John R. Shook, Ph.D., is Vice President for Education and Research and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, New York. He also is Research Associate in Philosophy at the University at Buffalo. Tibor Solymosi has taught at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, USA. He also runs the website www.neuropragmatism.com.

• List of Contributors1. Introduction – John Shook and Tibor SolymosiPart 1: Historical Considerations2. Peirce on Neuronal Synchronicity and Spontaneous Order – John Kaag3. The Legacy of William James: Lessons for Today’s 21st-Century Neuroscience – Maxine Sheets-Johnstone4. Dewey, Naturalism, and Neuroaesthetics – Russell Pryba Part 2: Reconstructing Neuroscience and Philosophy5. Descendants of Pragmatism: Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Neopragmatism, Neurophilosophy, and Neuropragmatism – Tibor Solymosi6. Neuropragmatic Reconstruction: A Case from Neuroeconomics – Mark Tschaepe7. The Most Important Thing Neuropragmatism Can Do: Providing an Alternative to ‘Cognitive’ Neuroscience – Eric P. Charles, Andrew D. Wilson, and Sabrina GolonkaPart 3: Cognition, Inquiry, and Belief in the Brain and Beyond8. How Inquiry and Method Shape Brain Science: Pragmatism, Embodiment, and Cognitive Neuroscience – Tim Rohrer9. Extended Mind and Representation – Tom Burke10. The Self as an Evolved Organism that Lives in a Pragmatically Defined World – David L. Thompson11. Is Experience Subjective or Objective, or Both, or Neither? – John ShookIndex

Pragmatist Neurophilosophy: American Philosophy and the Brain by a group of philosophers represents an interesting contribution to the philosophy of neuroscience. This book, edited by John R. Shook and Tibor Solymosi, offers diverse perspectives on the nature of the brain and human experience.