The Historical and Cognitive Origin of Contemporary Philosophy of Mind

The understanding of contemporary philosophy of mind can only be by tracing its historical and epistemological origin, because the contemporary tools of consideration and the criterion of acceptance and justification of philosophical opinion are all the sons of a certain mentality that has features that have been shaped by new developments and complex overlapping factors. This mentality, of course, means the mentality of the seventeenth century and beyond, it is true that Greek philosophy has examined the same great questions about the nature of the soul and its immortality in detail, and is associated with a certain epistemology. The main feature of modern philosophy is "the determination to establish science", "and thus philosophy has in a large part been repeated by modern philosophers to a theory of knowledge that considers the relationship between the perceived self and the perceived subject",[1] and the interest in the world from a religious or social ethical perspective to an interest in the world from a scientific perspective, and the task of "philosophers who adhere to memory from the beginning of the modern period did not provide a general philosophical basis for the new physical science - in terms of its conception of nature and in terms of the method of research used by nature. Ancients, and the dominant theological concerns of medieval scholastics. In contrast to both ancient philosophy and medieval philosophy we find that the modern philosopher is scientific in his view, values do not necessarily testify to the truth of possible facts, and theology no longer sets limits to the philosopher's thinking, and does not dictate the results he should reach ... The modern philosopher sought to organize the results of various natural and social sciences in a picture of the world as a whole in which he gives way to the values of art and ethics, as shown by their agreement with the stable results of scientific research. However, the facts must be revealed as they are, and learn to live as much as possible in the light of this knowledge. Therefore, the stubborn search for truth is the fundamental characteristic of the modern philosopher, he loves beauty and appreciates personal virtue and social justice, but he cannot simply admit that he encourages the existence of these values, his first duty is to know things as they are."[3] More: https://braheen.com/publications/الأخلاق-العصبية-نقد-اختزال-علم-الأعصاب-المعرفي-للأخلاق — Source: Published on Facebook's "Braheen Center" page