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Do Mental Events Exist? Physiological Adumbrations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. J. Ray
J. J. Ray*
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, Kensington, N.S.W. 2033, Australia
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In this paper, elaboration of a Realist answer to some of the classical questions of psychology and epistemology will be sought, starting from a knowledge of Soviet and Western findings in psychophysiology (particularly the work of Pavlov, 1932, and Hebb, 1949; see also the summary by Burt, 1968). The point of departure taken in the philosophical literature is the paper by Place (1969). This paper will adopt a reflexological model of brain function—with its implied view that memory is synaptically encoded. While this model has largely fallen into disfavour it is used here paradigmatically—to show that well-developed physiological models in general can provide a satisfactory account of ‘mental’ phenomena.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 120 , Issue 555 , February 1972 , pp. 129 - 132
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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