Remarks on the triune brain theory and its relevance to a philosophy of mind and emotions
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Evolution. Philosophy of biology. Philosophy of emotions. Philosophy of mind. Neurophilosophy. Triune brain theory.Abstract
This article establishes some fundamental relationships between evolution and triune brain theory, as well as the relevance of the latter for the empirical foundations of a philosophy of mind and emotions. In the first section, some tenets of Ronald de Sousa in the already classic article “The Mind’s Bermuda Triangle: Philosophy of Emotions and Empirical Science”, part of Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Emotions, will especially be considered. The second section discusses the validity of the theory of the “triune brain” as a neuroethological evolutionary approach, outlining its tripartite division and analyzing criticism and praise of its ideas. The section also considers remarks from important neuroscientists in the field of emotions, such as Ledoux and Panksepp. In the third section, I take into account a paper by Pollen and Hofmann which puts forward new contemporary approaches to the understanding of brain evolution. As a conclusion, I delineate a framework for the relationship between neuroscience and the philosophical study of emotions presented as a research agenda.
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