The Tools of Neuroscience Experiment : Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives (Hardcover)

Foreword Stuart Firestein Editors’ Introduction John Bickle, Carl F. Craver and Ann-Sophie Barwich Section I: Research Tools in Relation to Theories 1. Tinkering in the Lab John Bickle 2. Tools, experiments and theories: An examination of the role of experiment tools Gregory Johnson 3. Science in practice in neuroscience: The Cincinnati water maze in the making Nina A. Atanasova, Michael T. Williams and Charles V. Voorhees 4. Where molecular science meets perfumery: A behind-the-scenes look at SCAPE microscopy and its theoretical impact on current olfaction Ann-Sophie Barwich and Lu Xu 5. A different role for tinkering: Brain fog, COVID-19, and the accidental nature of Neurobiological Theory Development Valerie Gray Hardcastle and C. Matthew Stewart Section II: Research Tools and Epistemology 6. Dissemination and adaptiveness as key variables in tools that fuel scientific revolutions Alcino J. Silva 7. Towards an epistemology of intervention: Optogenetics and maker’s knowledge Carl F. Craver 8. Triangulating tools in the messiness of cognitive neuroscience Antonella Tramacere 9. Prediction, explanation and the "toolbox" problem Marco J. Nathan Section III: Research Tools, Integration, Circuits and Ontology 10. How do tools obstruct (and facilitate) integration in neuroscience? David J. Colaco 11. Understanding brain circuits: do new experimental tools need to address new concepts? David Parker 12. Cognitive ontologies, task ontologies and explanation in cognitive neuroscience Daniel Burnston Section IV: Tools and Integrative Pluralism 13. "It takes two to make a thing go right": The coevolution of technological and mathematical tools in neuroscience Luis Favela 14. Hybrid brains: Interfacing living neurons and circuits with computational models Astrid Prinz Section V: Tool Use and Development Beyond Neuroscience 15. Beyond actual difference making: Causal selections in genetics Janella Baxter