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PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 4, Issue 4, Pages 326-339Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6924.2009.01134.x
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- NIA NIH HHS [R01 AG030311] Funding Source: Medline
- NIH HHS [DP1 OD003312-01, DP1 OD003312] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [K02 MH001981] Funding Source: Medline
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Psychological states such as thoughts and feelings are real. Brain states are real. The problem is that the two are not real in the same way, creating the mind-brain correspondence problem. In this article, I present a possible solution to this problem that involves two suggestions. First, complex psychological states such as emotion and cognition can be thought of as constructed events that can be causally reduced to a set of more basic, psychologically primitive ingredients that are more clearly respected by the brain. Second, complex psychological categories like emotion and cognition are the phenomena that require explanation in psychology, and, therefore, they cannot be abandoned by science. Describing the content and structure of these categories is a necessary and valuable scientific activity.
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