Neuroreductionism about sex and love
"Neuroreductionism" is the tendency to reduce complex mental phenomena to brain states, confusing correlation for physical causation. In this paper, we illustrate the dangers of this popular neuro-fallacy, by looking at an example drawn from the media: a story about "hypoactive sexual...
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| description | "Neuroreductionism" is the tendency to reduce complex mental phenomena to brain states, confusing correlation for physical causation. In this paper, we illustrate the dangers of this popular neuro-fallacy, by looking at an example drawn from the media: a story about "hypoactive sexual desire disorder" in women. We discuss the role of folk dualism in perpetuating such a confusion, and draw some conclusions about the role of "brain scans" in our understanding of romantic love. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ae0eb59f-cce1-4087-a9a7-abf0142f736f2022-03-27T03:40:07ZNeuroreductionism about sex and loveJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ae0eb59f-cce1-4087-a9a7-abf0142f736fPractical ethicsEthics of the biosciencesEthics (Moral philosophy)PhilosophyEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetCambridge University Press2014Earp, BSavulescu, J"Neuroreductionism" is the tendency to reduce complex mental phenomena to brain states, confusing correlation for physical causation. In this paper, we illustrate the dangers of this popular neuro-fallacy, by looking at an example drawn from the media: a story about "hypoactive sexual desire disorder" in women. We discuss the role of folk dualism in perpetuating such a confusion, and draw some conclusions about the role of "brain scans" in our understanding of romantic love. |
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