Thagard Paul
Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Perspect Biol Med. 2008 Summer;51(3):335-52. doi: 10.1353/pbm.0.0030.
Theoretical neuroscience, which characterizes neural mechanisms using mathematical and computational models, is highly relevant to central problems in the philosophy of psychiatry. These models can help to solve the explanation problem of causally connecting neural processes with the behaviors and experiences found in mental illnesses. Such explanations will also be useful for generating better classifications and treatments of psychiatric disorders. The result should help to eliminate concerns that mental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia are not objectively real. A philosophical approach to mental illness based on neuroscience need not neglect the inherently social and historical nature of mental phenomena.
理论神经科学运用数学和计算模型来描述神经机制，与精神病学哲学中的核心问题高度相关。这些模型有助于解决将神经过程与精神疾病中的行为和体验进行因果联系的解释问题。此类解释对于生成更好的精神疾病分类和治疗方法也将有所帮助。其结果应有助于消除人们对于诸如抑郁症和精神分裂症等精神疾病并非客观真实存在的担忧。基于神经科学的精神疾病哲学方法不必忽视精神现象固有的社会和历史本质。
