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Perspectives on Neuroscience
Published on: July 31, 2007
Kurt Goldstein--a philosophical scientist
1Department of Neurology, Otto-Von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany. u.noppeney@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk
Abstract:
Kurt Goldstein was one of the major proponents of the holistic movement which was opposed to the classical connectionist Wernicke-Lichtheim-Model in aphasiology at the beginning of the 20th century. Influenced by Kant, Husserl and Cassirer, his work goes beyond purely empirical research and approaches traditionally philosophical questions: How can we proceed from empirical data to a theory adequately reflecting reality? How can we understand man as mind and body? What is the relation between language and cognition? Goldstein's concepts of biological knowledge, self-actualization and abstract attitude seek to address these questions. His work thus becomes attractive for philosophers. It was taken up and interpreted by Cassirer, Merleau-Ponty and Gurwitsch.
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