In our fourth episode Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta discusses her work and new book The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience with early career research fellow Kate Nave. Image Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Media Hopper Listen on YouTube This episode's guests Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta Mazviita's work focusses on the relationship between neuroscience and philosophy, with a historical slant. Before moving to the University in 2020 she was Associate Professor in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Mazviita has also appeared twice at HowTheLightGetsIn festival to cast skeptical doubt on the prospects for Artificial General Intelligence. In her new book 'The Brain Abstracted', Mazviita offers an “opinionated” history of neuroscience arguing that, due to the brain's complexity, neuroscientific theories have only captured partial truths—and “neurophilosophy” is unlikely to be achieved. Kate Nave Kate is a Leverhulme Trust early career research fellow. Her research focuses on developing a realist account of autonomy and agency, grounded in the uniquely metabolic existence of living systems, and upon critiquing the machine concept of the organism in light of this distinctive material instability. Related links Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta Kate Nave The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience Study Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh Philosophy research at the University of Edinburgh This article was published on 2024-10-14
