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Title: Against Neo-Cartesianism: Neurofunctional Resilience and Animal Pain.
Authors: Halper, Phil (AUTHOR), Williford, Kenneth (AUTHOR), Rudrauf, David (AUTHOR), Fuchs, Perry N. (AUTHOR)
Source: Philosophical Psychology. May2021, Vol. 34 Issue 4, p474-501. 28p.
Subjects: Philosophy of mind, Theory of knowledge, Philosophers, Pain medicine
Abstract: Several influential philosophers and scientists have advanced a framework, often called Neo-Cartesianism (NC), according to which animal suffering is merely apparent. Drawing upon contemporary neuroscience and philosophy of mind, Neo-Cartesians challenge the mainstream position we shall call Evolutionary Continuity (EC), the view that humans are on a nonhierarchical continuum with other species and are thus not likely to be unique in consciously experiencing negative pain affect. We argue that some Neo-Cartesians have misconstrued the underlying science or tendentiously appropriated controversial views in the philosophy of mind. We discuss recent evidence that undermines the simple neuroanatomical structure-function correlation thesis that undergirds many Neo-Cartesian arguments, has an important bearing on the recent controversy over pain in fish, and places the underlying epistemology framing the debate between NC and EC in a new light that strengthens the EC position. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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