Georg Northoff's Neurophilosophical Approach
RUDN Journal of Philosophy January 10, 2023 Anastasiia A. Zhudina 1 citation
Neurophilosophy lacks a universal definition; each researcher defines it individually. Georg Northoff's nonreductive neurophilosophy integrates philosophy of consciousness and neuroscience without reducing consciousness to the brain. He grounds his approach in process ontology and emphasizes the brain-body-environment connection for the emergence of a processual self. Northoff does not seek to solve the hard problem of consciousness but instead questions and dissolves its premises, arguing that philosophers should consider the brain holistically as neuroscientific research does, rather than focusing on isolated brain areas.