Levels, Individual Variation, and Massive Multiple Realization in Neurobiology

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Aizawa, Kenneth ^a   Gillett, Carl ^b  

^a CENTENARY COLLEGE OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Massive multiple realization; Nervous system; Neurobiology; Neuroscience; Philosophy; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923429131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195304787.003.0023     Document Type: Chapter

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