OUR BRAINS ARE NOT US

  1. WALTER GLANNON*

Article first published online: 7 JUN 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01727.x

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Bioethics

Bioethics

Volume 23, Issue 6, pages 321–329, July 2009

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GLANNON, W. (2009), OUR BRAINS ARE NOT US. Bioethics, 23: 321–329. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01727.x

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  1. University of Calgary

*Walter Glannon, University of Calgary – Philosophy, Social Sciences, 1226 2500 University Dr., NW Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada. T: 403-220-3171; Email: wglannon@ucalgary.ca

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  1. Issue published online: 7 JUN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 7 JUN 2009

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Keywords:

  • neuroreductionism;
  • neuroethics;
  • brain;
  • mind;
  • body;
  • environment

ABSTRACT

Many neuroscientists have claimed that our minds are just a function of and thus reducible to our brains. I challenge neuroreductionism by arguing that the mind emerges from and is shaped by interaction among the brain, body, and environment. The mind is not located in the brain but is distributed among these three entities. I then explore the implications of the distributed mind for neuroethics.

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