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...
Principais autores: | Earp, B, Savulescu, J |
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Formato: | Journal article |
Idioma: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2014
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