The Neural Basis Of Thought

The Neural Basis Of Thought

First Published in 1999. This is volume III of 10 from the international library of psychology, looking at physiological psychology and focuses on the neural basis of thought. The papers contained in this book may, from the point of view of empiricism, be regarded as an attempt to advance another step along the path of the Peirce-James-Bergson tradition. It aims at presenting the neurological aspect of a theory of knowledge which was published eleven years ago under the title Elements in Thought and Emotion.

The Neural Basis of Human Belief Systems

Is the everyday understanding of belief susceptible to scientific investigation? Belief is one of the most commonly used, yet unexplained terms in neuroscience. Beliefs can be seen as forms of mental representations and one of the building blocks of our conscious thoughts. This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of what we currently know about the neural basis of human belief systems, and how different belief systems are implemented in the human brain. The chapters in this volume explain how the neural correlates of beliefs mediate a range of explicit and implicit behaviours ranging from moral decision making, to the practice of religion. Drawing inferences from philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, religion, and cognitive neuroscience, the book has important implications for understanding how different belief systems are implemented in the human brain, and outlines the directions which research on the cognitive neuroscience of beliefs should take in the future. The Neural Basis of Human Belief Systems will be of great interest to researchers in the fields of psychology, philosophy, psychiatry, and cognitive neuroscience.

The Neural Basis of Thought