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Title
Philosophical perspectives on brain data / Stephen Rainey.
ISBN
9783031271700 electronic book
303127170X electronic book
3031271696
9783031271694
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-27170-0 doi
Call Number
QP360.5 .R35 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
612.823301
Summary
Where there is data there are questions of ownership, leaks, and worries about misuse. When whats at stake is data on our brains, the stakes are high. This book brings together philosophical analysis and neuroscientific insights to develop an account of brain data: what it is, how it is used, and how we ought to take care of it. Emerging trends in neuroscience appear to make mental activity legible, through sophisticated processing of signals recorded from the brain. This can include Artificial Intelligence (AI), with algorithms classifying brain signals for further processing. These developments will have ramifications for concepts of the brain, the self, and the mind. They will also affect clinical practices like psychiatry, by modifying concepts of mental health and introducing AI-based diagnostic and treatment strategies. The issues arising are vastly complicated, little understood, but of high importance. Philosophical Perspectives on Brain Data clarifies complex intersections of philosophical and neuroscientific interest, presenting an account of brain data that is comprehensible. This account can be the basis for evaluating practices based on brain data. As such, the book aims to open a novel space for evaluating hitherto arcane areas of academic research in order to provide the necessary scope for understanding their real-world consequences. These consequences will include personal, socio-political, and public health dimensions. It is therefore vital that they are understood if their impacts upon aspects of everyday life can be evaluated adequately. Stephen Rainey is a Lecturer in the Philosophy of Technology at Technische Universiteit, Delft, Netherlands. His recent work has focussed on ethical and epistemic issues concerning brain computer interfaces, including how these impact upon identity, rationality, and control over actions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Intro
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
Introduction
Brains, Data, and Ethics
Neuroethics: What It Is, and Why It Exists
Neuro-Data Ethics: What It Is and Why It Ought to Exist
Non-reductionism
Bibliography
Research Contexts
Data in Neuroscience
What Brain Data Can Reveal
Ethics Concerns: Dashboarding
Bibliography
Clinical Implications
Psychiatry as 'Clinically Applied Neuroscience'
Precision Medicine
Ethics Concerns: Neurobiological or Neurostatistical Reductionism
Bibliography
Wider Markets
Consumer Markets in Brain-Based Technologies
Consumers' Brain Data
Ethics Concerns: Ownership, Use, Markets in Data
Bibliography
Data on the Brain
Reasonable Expectations
Social Norms
Public Policies
Bibliography
Index
