"The Mind As a Scientific Object: Between Brain and Culture" by ed. Christina E. Erneling, David Martel Johnson

Are all cognitive sciences equal? The contributors of this book argue that the answer is no, because only neurophysiology and cultural psychology are suited to account for the mind's ontology. The papers collected here have been chosen to clarify these alternatives. In particular, because other books have emphasized the neuroscience alternative, this book highlights the cultural solution.

The issues in question are problems clustering around the question of which is more basic for providing a scientifically justified account of the human mind: physiological or cultural factors? Both the particular chapters we selected and the ways we chose to organize those chapters throw light on various aspects of that general topic.