Abstract
The aim of the present study is to determine the possibilities and limitations of the neuroscientific subject description. This provision should be formulated from an epistemological, cultural and scientific perspective. For this purpose, the thesis of the double contextuality of the neuroscientific subject description is developed. Both the research object of some neuroscientists, the subject, and the research itself are embedded in specific cultural-historical contexts. Both are shaped and determined by these contexts. At the center of these representations is Cassirer's philosophy of symbolic forms, because at this point it should also be examined to what extent his philosophy can be made fruitful for the question of the possibilities and limitations of brain research. This article is the summary of a larger and more detailed investigation [1].
Highlights
The subject concept is integrated into concrete contexts of use because the subject-concept belongs to the culturalhistorical contextual human testimonies and is necessarily contextual
The second statement implies the meaning of philosophy for a subject description, the first statement a limited validity of the neuroscientific results to the subject
For Cassirer, philosophy must be related to the lifeworld
Summary
The subject concept is integrated into concrete contexts of use because the subject-concept belongs to the culturalhistorical contextual human testimonies and is necessarily contextual. That which certain representatives of the neurosciences make their subject of research, namely the subject, is shaped and formed in cultural-historical contexts. The subject-concept stands in a cultural-historical context, its meaning as well as the contents, which are associated with it, can be highly different and changeable interculturally. It is argued at this point that the neuroscientific description of the subject has a culture-specific research subject and that the contextuality of the subject demands a humanities contribution to its scientific description. The second statement implies the meaning of philosophy for a subject description, the first statement a limited validity of the neuroscientific results to the subject. Some neuroscientists want to clarify aspects of the subject concept that are not interculturally valid. In order to differentiate this idea, the symbolic forms language, science and technology from Cassirer's philosophy can be used
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