neurophilosophy
Neurophilosophy is a field at the intersection of neuroscience and philosophy that uses findings about the brain to inform questions about mind, cognition, and action. Often traced to the work of Paul and Patricia Churchland in the 1980s, it advocates a naturalized approach to philosophy in which empirical neuroscience contributes to theories of consciousness, perception, memory, and reasoning while retaining core philosophical aims. The term has been used both to describe a program of methodological integration and to denote a broader movement within cognitive science that treats mental states as brain states or brain processes.
Neurophilosophers examine long-standing problems such as the mind-body problem, the nature of consciousness and qualia, mental
Critics argue that neurophilosophy risks scientism or neglects subjective experience and phenomenology, while supporters contend that