Salvaging scientific realism: A response to Chirimuuta's The Brain Abstracted
Zoe Drayson
Chirimuuta (2024) proposes that the theory and practise of neuroscience are incompatible with scientific realism: she claims that our neuroscientific theories are mind-dependent projections of regularity and simplicity, and that our interest-dependent neuroscientific practices prevent us from acquiring objective knowledge of the brain. This paper challenges both claims.