El problema mente-cerebro: sus origenes cartesianos
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Contrastescontrastes.v1i0.1874Abstract
RESUMEN
El artículo plantea la visión cartesiana del problema mente/cerebro y hace ver cómo su concepción ontológica dualista (mecanicismo/mentalismo), presente en su concepción del hombre, y de la que han participado otros eminentes estudiosos del problema, debe ser superada desde los planteamientos actuales de la neurociencia. No es necesario postular en el hombre una fuerza especial para explicar determinados fenómenos cognitivos. Debería bastar la actividad cerebral para explicar cualquier actividad humana, incluida la activad cognitiva. La mentalidad no es separable del cerebro, aunque también es cierto que se pueden simular determinadas operaciones cognitivas en un artefacto mecánico.
PALABRAS CLAVE
DESCARTES – DUALISMO – NEUROCIENCIA – MENTE
ABSTRACT
The article discusses the Cartesian view of the mind/brain problema and shows how its dualistic ontological conception (mechanicism/mentalism), framed within his notion of man, equally assumed by other eminent specialists, should be overcome from the current statements of neuroscience. It is not necessary to acknowledge in man a special power to explain some cognitive phenomena. The neural activity should be enough to explain any human activity, the cognitive one included. The mental process cannot be separated from the brain, although in fact some cognitive operations can be simulated by a mechanic device.
KEYWORDS
DESCARTES – DUALISM – NEUROSCIENCE – MIND
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