Issues

A Re-Invention of Love

Keywords: Anti-Love Drug, Neuro-Enhancement, Love, Medicalization, Commercialization, Safety
Citation: Arbid, Bahaa. 2017. "A Re-Invention of Love" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (2): 109–123.

Can Neuroscience Comment on Whether We Have Moral Responsibility?

Keywords: Moral Responsibility, Free Will, Compatibilism and Incompatibilism, Determinism, Quantum Mechanics, Libet Experiments, Neuroscience
Citation: Arend, Luke. 2017. "Can Neuroscience Comment on Whether We Have Moral Responsibility?" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (2): 1–10.

Beyond the Mind Body Problem: A Feminist Relational Model of Mental Illness and Identity

Keywords: Descartes, Schramme, Ryle, Kafer, Mental Illness, Identity, Mind Body Dualism, Relational Model, Feminism, Disability
Citation: Bickford, Sabine. 2017. "Beyond the Mind Body Problem: A Feminist Relational Model of Mental Illness and Identity" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (2): 11–18.

The Cognitive Complexity Thesis: Refuting Multiple Objections to the Extended Mind Thesis

Keywords: Extended Mind, Extended Cognition, Externalism, Coupling-Constitution Fallacy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognition
Citation: van den Broek, Max. 2017. "The Cognitive Complexity Thesis: Refuting Multiple Objections to the Extended Mind Thesis" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (2): 19–30.

Ethical Considerations and Implications of Smart Drugs

Keywords: Smart Drugs, Cognitive Enhancers, Neuroethics, Nootropics, Learning Acquisition, Psychostimulants, Medical Ethics, The Role of Medicine, Psychological Treatments, Competitive Fairness
Citation: Covey, Jonathan. 2017. "Ethical Considerations and Implications of Smart Drugs" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (2): 31–43.

Popping One “Study Drug” At A Time

Keywords: ADHD, Adderall, Study Drugs, Irresponsible, Unethical, Unfair, Unsafe
Citation: Dassouli, Sharon. 2017. "Popping One “Study Drug” At A Time" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (2): 125–136.

Emotional Synthesis and Moral Sociality

Keywords: Emotions, Fear, Idealization, Positivism, Cognivitism, Social Constructionism, Attitudes, Judgments, Observations, Death
Citation: Longo, Joseph. 2017. "Emotional Synthesis and Moral Sociality" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (2): 45–61.

In the Absence of a Future Like Ours

Keywords: Infant, Euthanasia, Infanticide, Escobar, Marquis, Munson, Nesbitt, Future of Value, Future Like Ours, Bente Hindriks, Suffering, Treatment, Utilitarian, Bioethics, Moral Status
Citation: Palka, Alexander. 2017. "In the Absence of a Future Like Ours" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (2): 63–82.

Free Will and Responsibility in the Neuroscientific Age

Keywords: Neuroethics, Free Will, Responsibility, Agency, Compatibilism, Criminal Law, Technology
Citation: Petrozzo, Kathryn. 2017. "Free Will and Responsibility in the Neuroscientific Age" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (2): 83–100.

Validating Knowledge of Individuals with Mental Disorders: An Extension of Plantinga’s Functionalist-Theory of Knowledge

Keywords: Justified True Belief, Knowledge, Cognitive, Function, Design Plan, Neurotypical, Disorder, Disability, Dysfunction, Autism
Citation: Pouliot, Mikayla. 2017. "Validating Knowledge of Individuals with Mental Disorders: An Extension of Plantinga’s Functionalist-Theory of Knowledge" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (2): 101–107.

Mental Causation Under Two Types of Closure

Keywords: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Mental Causation, Epiphenomenalism, Justification, Mysterianism, Physical Closure, Cognitive Closure, Knowledge of Causation, Causal Inference
Citation: Branding, Jonah. 2017. "Mental Causation Under Two Types of Closure" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (1): 1–12.

Depression: Symptoms May Include Akrasia?

Keywords: Akrasia, Weakness of Will, Depression, Practical Reason, Mental Illness, Phenomenology, Procrastination, Rationality, Psychology, Normativity
Citation: Fiorica, Michael. 2017. "Depression: Symptoms May Include Akrasia?" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (1): 13–26.

Mind as Action in Zen Buddhist Thought

Keywords: Zen, Buddhism, Shobogenzo, Dogen, Japan, Eastern, Mind, Free Will, Monism, Materialism
Citation: Guilbault, Russell. 2017. "Mind as Action in Zen Buddhist Thought" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (1): 27–34.

Does Scientific Realism Think For Us?

Keywords: Scientific Realism, Freedom, Will, Underdetermination, Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Functioning, Darwin, Lewontin, Popper, Khun, Lewens
Citation: Hasdan, Leah Elizabeth. 2017. "Does Scientific Realism Think For Us?" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (1): 35–40.

What We Are: Our Metaphysical Nature & Moral Implications

Keywords: Animalism, Hylomorphism, Personal Identity, Metaphysics, Morality, Thomism, Neo-Aristotelian, Soul, Persistence, Moral Status
Citation: Lei, Julia. 2017. "What We Are: Our Metaphysical Nature & Moral Implications" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5 (1): 41–47.

A Psychological Account of the Formation of Self Deceptive Beliefs

Keywords: Self-deception, cognitive psychology, neurophysiology, emotion, cognitive dissonance, empiricism, psychology, error minimization (PEDMIN), unintentional, information processing, cognitive bias
Citation: Cline, Benjamin. 2016. "A Psychological Account of the Formation of Self Deceptive Beliefs" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 4 (2): 1–12.

Belief According to Reasons: Can the Brain Detect Truth?

Keywords: Reductionism, Functionalism, Physicalism, Materialism, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Belief, Cognition, Neurophysiology, Epistemology
Citation: DePietro, Thomas M. 2016. "Belief According to Reasons: Can the Brain Detect Truth?" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 4 (2): 13–28.

Insidious Illness: A Criticism of Medical Reductionism

Keywords: Boorse, Clouser, Culver, Gert, Mordacci and Sobel, Reductionism, Malady, Disease, Illness, Narrative, Health, Social Model, Medical Model, Normalcy, Stigmatization
Citation: Hatfield-Myers, Cody. 2016. "Insidious Illness: A Criticism of Medical Reductionism" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 4 (2): 29–44.

The Revised Enactive Account: Interpersonal Understanding and Perceptual Achievement

Keywords: Enactivism, Perception, Understanding, Perceptual Presence, Fragility, Implicit Bias, Interpersonal Understanding, Alva Noë, Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Citation: Potts, Keagan. 2016. "The Revised Enactive Account: Interpersonal Understanding and Perceptual Achievement" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 4 (1): 1–22.

Logical Fatalism: Origins as Essential Properties of Events

Keywords: Logical Fatalism, Saul Kripke, Essential Properties, Determinism, Joseph Diekemper, Time, Temporal, Necessity, Contingency, Aristotle, Modal Fallacy
Citation: Powers, Ryan. 2016. "Logical Fatalism: Origins as Essential Properties of Events" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 4 (1): 23–32.

Cognitive Theories of Emotion: Conceptualizing Pain and Suffering

Keywords: Conceptual Act Theory, Basic Emotions, Subjective Character of Experience, Nativism, Empiricism
Citation: Rajan, Lokita. 2016. "Cognitive Theories of Emotion: Conceptualizing Pain and Suffering" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 4 (1): 33–41.

Responsibility: Revis(ion)ing Brains via Cognitive Enhancement

Keywords: Cognitive Enhancement, tDCS, Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Authenticity, Safety, Responsibility, Implicit Coercion, Open Futures, Cosmetic Neurology, Treatment
Citation: Sahu, Shweta. 2016. "Responsibility: Revis(ion)ing Brains via Cognitive Enhancement" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 4 (1): 43–54.

Neuroplasticity, Nagel and nn-DMT: Where Neuroscience and Evolutionary Biology Meet Mystical Mathematics and Theoneurological Models of Consciousness

Keywords: Consciousness, Reductive Materialism, Dualism, Scientism, Neutral Monism, Panpsychism, Neuroplasticity, DMT, Psilocybin, Religious Experience, Neo-darwinism, Theoneurological Models
Citation: Schultz, Christopher D. 2016. "Neuroplasticity, Nagel and nn-DMT: Where Neuroscience and Evolutionary Biology Meet Mystical Mathematics and Theoneurological Models of Consciousness" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 4 (1): 55–66.

Unconscious Acts as Acts with Moral Responsibility

Keywords: Free Will, Unconscious Actions, Moral Responsibility, Willpower, Attitudes, Schemas, Behavior, Social Psychology, Agency, Will
Citation: Teal, Laura. 2016. "Unconscious Acts as Acts with Moral Responsibility" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 4 (1): 67–75.

Fantasy, Reality, and the Self

Keywords: Possible Worlds, Counterfactual, Reality, Fantasy, Self, Worlds, Ideal Worlds, Material World, Symbiotic Relationship, Picture of the World
Citation: Wagner-Schmitzer, Albwin. 2016. "Fantasy, Reality, and the Self" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 4 (1): 77–89.

Egosyntonicity as Pathology in At-Risk Anorexia Nervosa Patients

Keywords: Anorexia Nervosa, Bioethics, Consent, Egosyntonicity, Medical Ethics, Paternalism, Pathology, Pathological Identity, Personal Identity
Citation: Dalrymple-Fraser, Charles. 2015. "Egosyntonicity as Pathology in At-Risk Anorexia Nervosa Patients" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 3 (2): 1–16.

"Is Free-Will Defensible in light of Modern Day Psychology?"

Keywords: Libet, Free Will, Choice, Decision, Action, Consciousness, Freedom, Volition, Voluntary, Neurophysiology
Citation: DePietro, Thomas M. 2015. ""Is Free-Will Defensible in light of Modern Day Psychology?"" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 3 (2): 17–29.

"Waking From a Bad Dream: A Response to Threat-Simulation Theory"

Keywords: Cognitive Dissonance, Desensitization, Dream Function, Evolutionary Psychology, Fear, Implicit Learning Rehearsal, Sleep, Threat Simulation Theory, TST
Citation: Forquer, Shawn. 2015. ""Waking From a Bad Dream: A Response to Threat-Simulation Theory"" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 3 (2): 31–50.

"An Alternative Approach: Chinese Medicine and Autism"

Keywords: Autism, Disability, Biomedicine, Alternative Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Citation: Sobrino, Elena. 2015. ""An Alternative Approach: Chinese Medicine and Autism"" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 3 (2): 51–63.

"Should ‘gender dysphoria’ be classified as a mental illness?"

Keywords: Gender dysphoria (GD), Diagnostic and Statistic Manual (DSM), Mental Illness, Gender Identity Disorder, Feminist Theory, Transgender Issues, Sexuality
Citation: Zhao, Annie. 2015. ""Should ‘gender dysphoria’ be classified as a mental illness?"" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 3 (2): 65–69.

Dissolving the “Other Person” Problem

Keywords: Advance Directives, Alzheimer’s, Applied Ethics, Dementia, Ethics, Future Planning, Identity, Personal Identity
Citation: Dalrymple-Fraser, Charles. 2015. "Dissolving the “Other Person” Problem" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 3 (1): 1–12.

The Philanthropy Machine: Neuroethics and Empathy


Keywords: History, Moral Sentimentalism, Adam Smith, Altruism, Neuroethics, Empathy, Ethics
Citation: DeHart, Abigail E., and Luke S. DeHart. 2015. "The Philanthropy Machine: Neuroethics and Empathy" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 3 (1): 13–23.

Incommensurability and Partial Reference

Keywords: Partial Reference, Incommensurability, Kuhn, Causal Theory of Reference, Translation, Interpretation
Citation: Flavin, Daniel P. 2015. "Incommensurability and Partial Reference" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 3 (1): 25–34.

Seemingly Alive: Full-brain Death Is Death

Keywords: Full-brain Death, Hylomorphism, Substance, Accident, Prime Matter, Substantial Form, Accidental Form
Citation: Rydlund, Andrew. 2015. "Seemingly Alive: Full-brain Death Is Death" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 3 (1): 35–45.

Identity and Causality: Foucault’s Subject and Kant’s Third Antinomy

Keywords: Causality, Identity, Ethics, Free Will, Determinism
Citation: Valeriano-Flores, Rebecca. 2015. "Identity and Causality: Foucault’s Subject and Kant’s Third Antinomy" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 3 (1): 47–61.

Ethics of Memory Dampening Using Propranolol as a Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Field of Emergency Medicine
Keywords: Pharmacological Enhancement, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Emotional Memory Consolidation, Propranolol, Moral Decision-Making, Personal Identity, Value of a Life
Citation: Fischell, Rachel. 2014. "Ethics of Memory Dampening Using Propranolol as a Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Field of Emergency Medicine." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 2 (2): 1–14.

Rethinking the Goal of Imprisonment
Keywords: Philosophy of action, positive and negative causation, rehabilitation, incarceration, punishment
Citation: Graves, Tracy. 2014. "Rethinking the Goal of Imprisonment." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 2 (2): 15–27.

Reason, Society, and the Social Intuitionist Model
Keywords: Rationalism, sentimentalism, intuitionism, society, morality, moral psychology
Citation: Hershberger, Joelle. 2014. "Reason, Society, and the Social Intuitionist Model." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 2 (2): 29–43.

Are Virtue Ethics and Situationism Really Incompatible?
Keywords: Virtue, character, situationism, agency, dispositions, preemption, sustaining social contribution to character, enabling and stimulus conditions
Citation: Kratzer, Samuel. 2014. "Are Virtue Ethics and Situationism Really Incompatible?." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 2 (2): 45–58.

Revisiting the Problem of Other Minds
Keywords: Other Minds, Physicalism, Analogical Inference, Human Biology, Probabilistic Arguments
Citation: Perel, Maxim. 2014. "Revisiting the Problem of Other Minds." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 2 (2): 59–67.

Chess and Regress: A Defense of Intellectualism
Keywords: Epistemology, Know-how, Structure of knowledge, Gilbert Ryle, Regress, Propositional Knowledge, Intellectualism, Anti-Intellectualism
Citation: Slabchuck, Andy. 2014. "Chess and Regress: A Defense of Intellectualism." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 2 (2): 69–78.

Should Parental Rights be the Final Judgment for Their Child’s Medical Needs?
Keywords: Autism, Alternative Medicine, Autonomy, Children, Medicine, Measles, Parents, Rights, Treatments, Vaccines
Citation: Tiffany, Jordan. 2014. "Should Parental Rights be the Final Judgment for Their Child’s Medical Needs?." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 2 (2): 79–90.

Kantian Consistency and Military Atrocity: Holding Military Personnel Responsible for Atrocity
Keywords: Situationism, Character, Virtue Ethics, My Lai, Abu Ghraib, Atrocity, Responsibility, Kantian Consistency
Citation: Anderson, Joel. 2014. "Kantian Consistency and Military Atrocity: Holding Military Personnel Responsible for Atrocity." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 2 (1): 1–15.

Morality, Psychopathy, and Responsibility: Can Psychopaths be Morally Responsible Agents?
Keywords: Psychopathy, moral responsibility, moral agency, amygdala, serotonin
Citation: Mann, Thomas. 2014. "Morality, Psychopathy, and Responsibility: Can Psychopaths be Morally Responsible Agents?" compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 2 (1): 17–34.

Individuals, Identity, and Interest Groups
Keywords: Literary Criticism, Identity, Formalism, Romanticism, Postmodernism, Immanuel Kant, bell hooks, Nominalism, Nagel, Racial Bias, Gender Bias
Citation: Pelayo, Areins. 2014. "Individuals, Identity, and Interest Groups." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 2 (1): 35–42.

Pursuit of Progressive Truths: Cognitive Functionalism

Keywords: Cognitive-Science, Cognitive-Functionalism, Neuro-Ethics, Rational-Logic, Aesthetics, Truth
Citation: Provenzano, Kaylie. 2014. "Pursuit of Progressive Truths: Cognitive Functionalism." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 2 (1): 43–62.

Lewis’ Personal Identity
Keywords: David Lewis, Derek Parfit, Personal Identity, Tense Identity, Numerical Identity, Qualitative Identity, Common Sense Notion of Personal Identity, Formal Identity, Survival, and Fusion Paradox
Citation: So, Paul. 2014. "Lewis’ Personal Identity." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 2 (1): 63–72.

Psychosomatic Illnesses: Philosophical Implications and the Current State of Research
Keywords: Psychosomatic, mind, biomedical, placebo, cognitive psychology
Citation: Arnold, Elizabeth. 2013. "Psychosomatic Illnesses: Philosophical Implications and the Current State of Research." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 1 (1): 1–13.

The Desirability of Free Will: The Value of the Concept Regardless of Its Existence
Keywords: Arpaly, Compatibilism, Conscious Will, Determinism, Free Will, Hume, Kane, Significance of Free Will
Citation: Brown, Shouta. 2013. "The Desirability of Free Will: The Value of the Concept Regardless of Its Existence." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 1 (1): 14–24.

Explaining Qualia
Keywords: Qualia, consciousness, physicalism, reductive physicalism, epiphenomenalism, substance dualism, functionalism, topic-neutral, ineffable, causal efficacy
Citation: Owens, Kiefer. 2013. "Explaining Qualia." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 1 (1): 25–34.

Near-Death Experiences: A Potential Problem for Physicalism
Keywords: Near-Death Experience, Out-of-Body Experience, Physicalism, Dualism
Citation: Rauh, Tyler. 2013. "Near-Death Experiences: A Potential Problem for Physicalism." compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 1 (1): 35–44.