Cooperation and Critique in Neuroscience: Loops of Feedback Between Philosophy, the Psy Sciences and Neurophenomenology
Le foucaldien December 16, 2019 Cornelius Borck
The rise of neuroscience is often seen as a turn toward biological reductionism in psychology, psychiatry, and philosophy, but since around 2000 the situation has grown more complex. Social and cultural neuroscience suggest a trend toward interdisciplinary cooperation across the nature-culture divide. Examining this transdisciplinary agenda within the longer history of biologicalization in psychiatry and neuroscience reveals a difference between mere rhetoric of bridging and conceptually rigorous work, such as neurophenomenology. Some researchers developed sophisticated experimental settings to mediate between opposing approaches, while others contributed through performative interventions. These diverse lines of work keep the question regarding human nature open.