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(2013) New challenges to philosophy of science, Dordrecht, Springer.
The intrinsic relationship between computer science and brain research fuels a number of philosophically interesting questions. The present essay focuses on two major aspects of this relationship: the enabling role of computer science for brain research on the one hand and the use of computational means to simulate or re-build the brain on the other hand. Even though these two streams of thought are distinct their combination helps to elucidate a deeper problem (or so I hope), namely the question what it is exactly that we can find out by rebuilding the brain.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5845-2_8
Full citation:
Pompe, U. (2013)., The value of computer science for brain research, in H. Andersen, D. Dieks, T. Uebel, W. J. González & G. Wheeler (eds.), New challenges to philosophy of science, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 87-97.