Churchlands & Their Critics

 The influence of Patricia and Paul Churchlanda s work on contemporary philosophy and cognitive science has been profound. The Churchlands have challenged nearly all prevailing doctrines concerning knowledge, mind, science, and language. 

 

 Introduction. Part I: Essays Addressed to the Churchlands:. 1. Explanatory Pluralism and the Co--evolution of Theories in Science: Robert N McCauley (Emory University). 2. From Neurophilosophy to neurocomputation: Searching for the Cognitive Forest: Patricia Kitcher (University of California at San Diego). 3. Dealing in Futures: Folk Psychology and the Role of Representations in Cognitive Science: Andy Clark (Washington University). 4. Paul Churchlanda s PDP Approach to Explanation: William G Lycan (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). 5. What should a Connectionist Philosophy of Science Look Like?: William Bechtel (Georgia State University). 6. Paul Churchland and State Space Semantics: Jerry Fodor and Ernie Lepore (Rutgers University). 7. Reply to Churchland: Jerry Fodor and Ernie Lepore (Rutgers University). 8. Images and subjectivity: Neurobiological Trials and Tribulations: Antonio R Damasio and Hanna Damasio (University of California at San Diego). 9. Neurophilosophy: Without a Hyphen Already: John Marshall and Jennifer Gurd (University of Oxford). 10. The Moral Network: Owen Flanagan (Duke University). Part II: Replies From the Churchlands A: The Future of Psychology, Folk and Scientific:. 1. McCauleya s Demand for a Co--level Competitor. 2. Connectionism as Psychology. 3. Kitchera s Empirical Challenge to PSC: Has There Been Progress in Neurophilosophy?. 4. Clarka s Connectionist Defense of Folk Psychology. B: The Impact of Neural Network Models on the Philosophy of Science:. 5. On the Nature of Explanation: William Lycan. 6. Bechtel on the Proper Form of a Connectionist Philosophy of Science. C: Semantics in a New Vein:. 7. Fodor and Lepore: State--Space Semantics and Meaning Holism. 8. Second Reply to Fodor and Lepore. D: Consciousness and Methodology:. 9. Neuropsychology and Brain Organization: The Damasios. 10. Conceptual Analysis and Neuropsychology: John Marshall and Jennifer Gurd. 11. Do We Propose to Eliminate Consciousness?E: Moral Psychology and the Rebirth of Moral Theory:. 12. Flanagan on Moral Knowledge.