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The Explanatory Autonomy of Psychology

Why a Mind is Not a Brain

Sacha Bem

Leiden University, bem{at}fsw.leidenuniv.nl

The main question of this contribution is how to define a (relatively) autonomous psychological level. It will be introduced by some remarks on the general problem of reduction and explanatory levels. The arguments for a psychological level will be applied to the question: in what sense can (mental) causation figure in psychological explanations? As it turns out, much depends on what, precisely, we want to know: are we interested in psychological questions about events at the neurological, physiological level; or in psychological questions about meaningful actions in intersubjective contexts?

Key Words: action • commonsense psychology • mental states • psychological explanation • reasons • reduction

Theory & Psychology, Vol. 11, No. 6, 785-795 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/0959354301116005
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