Minimal models and canonical neural computations: the distinctness of computational explanation in neuroscience.

In a recent paper, Kaplan (Synthese 183:339-373, ) takes up the task of extending Craver's (Explaining the brain, ) mechanistic account of explanation in neuroscience to the new territory of computational neuroscience. He presents the model to mechanism mapping (3M) criterion as a condition for a mo...

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Publicado en:	Synthese Vol. 191; no. 2; pp. 127 - 154
Autor principal:	Chirimuuta, M.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Springer Nature Jan2014
Materias:	Computational neuroscience Brain mapping Biophysics Explanatory style (Psychology) Optimality theory (Linguistics) Neural codes
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