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Minds, brains, and law : The conceptual foundations of law and neuroscience

Pardo Michael S

Minds, brains, and law : The conceptual foundations of law and neuroscience - Oxford Oxford University Press 2013 - 240p xxix

Table of contents;
Preface ;
Introduction ;
Chapter One: Philosophical Issues ;
I. The Conceptual and the Empirical ;
II. II. Criterial and Inductive Evidence ;
III. III. Unconscious Rule Following ;
IV. IV. Interpretation ;
V. V. Knowledge ;
VI. VI. The Mereological Fallacy ;
VII. Chapter Two: The Concept of Mind ;
VIII. I. Neuro-Reductionism ;
IX. II. Eliminative Materialism and the "Theory" of Folk Psychology ;
X. III. Two Examples of Neuro-Reductionism and Its Implications for Law ;
XI. IV. Conceptions of Mind and the Role of Neuroscience in Law ;
XII. Chapter Three: Neuroscience and Legal Theory: Jurisprudence, Morality, and Economics ;
XIII. I. Jurisprudence ;
XIV. II. Emotion and Moral Judgments ;
XV. III. Mind, Moral Grammar, and Knowledge
XVI. IV. Neuroeconomics ;
XVII. Chapter Four: Brain-Based Lie Detection ;
XVIII. I. fMRI Lie Detection ;
XIX. II. EEG Lie Detection ("Brain Fingerprinting") ;
XX. III. Analysis: Empirical, Conceptual, and Practical Issues ;
XXI. Chapter Five: Criminal Law Doctrine ;
XXII. I. Actus reus ;
XXIII. II. Mens rea ;
XXIV. III. Insanity ;
XXV. Chapter Six: Criminal Procedure ;
XXVI. I. Fourth Amendment ;
XXVII. II. Fifth Amendment ;
XXVIII. III. Due Process ;
XXIX. Chapter Seven: Theories of Criminal Punishment ;
XXX. I. A Brief Taxonomy of Theories of Criminal Punishment ;
XXXI. II. The First Challenge: Brains and Punishment Decisions ;
XXXII. III. The Second Challenge: Neuroscience and Intuitions about Punishment ;
XXXIII. Conclusion ;
XXXIV. Bibliography


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1. Jurisprudence - Brain - Philosophical Thought2. Practice Of Law - Psychological Aspects 3. Cognitive Neuroscience

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