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 SpotifyListen on Apple PodcastsListen on Media HopperListen on YouTubeThis episode's guestsDr Mazviita ChirimuutaMazviita'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 NaveKate 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 linksDr Mazviita ChirimuutaKate NaveThe Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of NeuroscienceStudy Philosophy at the University of EdinburghPhilosophy research at the University of Edinburgh This article was published on 2024-10-14
