Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2009
Publication Title
Philosophy of Science
Department
Department of Philosophy
Abstract
In some recent papers, Max Coltheart has questioned the ability of neuroimaging techniques to tell us anything interesting about the mind and has thrown down the gauntlet before neuroimagers, challenging them to prove he is mistaken. Here I analyze Coltheart’s challenge, show that as posed its terms are unfair, and reconstruct it so that it is addressable. I argue that, so modified, Coltheart’s challenge is able to be met and indeed has been met. In an effort to delineate the extent of neuroimaging’s ability to address Coltheart’s concerns, I explore how different brain structure‐function relationships would constrain the ability of neuroimaging to provide insight about psychological questions.
DOI
10.1086/605815
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Roskies, Adina L., "Brain‐Mind and Structure‐Function Relationships: A Methodological Response to Coltheart" (2009). Dartmouth Scholarship. 1905.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/1905
