Ascribing beliefs to brains
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| Description: | Talk given by Dr Daniel De Haan as part of short course 32 (The Believing Brain) |
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| Created: | 2016-01-07 16:36 |
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| Collection: | Faraday Institute Lectures |
| Publisher: | Faraday Institute |
| Copyright: | Faraday Institute |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Keywords: | brain; belief; Dr Haan; neuroscience; mind; faraday; science; religion; faith; |
| Abstract: | In this talk I examine philosophical, scientific, and common sense
practices of ascribing ‘beliefs’ to ourselves, to other humans, to nonhuman animals (such as dogs, dolphins, apes, Corvidae) and to brains. After drawing attention to the surprising contrasts among promiscuous, methodologically rigorous, and skeptical approaches to practices of belief ascription in these different domains, I argue that we have no behavioural or causal grounds for ascribing beliefs to brains. Consequently, I contend that it is exigent for scientists, philosophers, and ordinary folk to be more self-critical about the practices and ramifications of ascribing beliefs to brains. |
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