신경과학적 자아관의 철학적 쟁점과 교육

The Self in Neuroscience : Philosophical Issues and Education

This study aimed to figure out the change of images in the concept of self throughout neuroscientific literatures, to analyse related philosophical issues, and to seek some educational implications. The result is as following. With the development of neuroscience, there has been some change in the image of human self. The concept was extended wide enough to include affective and nonconscious dimensions, and there were inclinations toward reductionism and anti- volition. Consequently, the philosophical issues of mereological fallacy, physical reductionism, and denial of free will had to been dealt with. Educationists should be aware of the results of philosophical debates regarding neuroscience. And we need to cope with the problems of neuromyths, nueromania, and neurophobia. We would better take the way for neurophilia.