Abstract

The title of this paper, ‘Mind, It Does Matter,’ is a variant on the old solipsistic saw: “Never mind, no matter.” I have always been intrigued by this denial of the mind-brain problem but have found it untenable in pursuing neurobehavioral and neuropsychological research. The results of the research - and I am aware of the criticism that the results of brain research can have no bearing on ontological issues — have led me to a position best described as a biological constructional realism. As a biologist and a physician I can attest to the ‘reality’ of the psychological as well as the physical constructions that I face daily in laboratory and clinic. My realism is therefore neither naive nor physicalistic. In addition, it differs from critical realism in its emphasis on construction; critical realists are prone to accept their perceptions of the physical world as more or less veridical - the constructionalist is apt to emphasize the relativistic nature of consensual validation.KeywordsMotor CortexDirect PerceptionCerebral OrganizationOntological IssueConstructional RealismThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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