Epistemology is the study of knowledge, or the
knowledge about knowledge.
Someone can say that the knowledge is built by
neurotransmitters.
Another one can say that knowledge is built by
thinking and thoughts.
And another can say that knowledge is socially
constructed.
Everyone is correct. Knowledge is consequence
of several human complex activities and so the biological explanation is not
the only correct, although very important.
The German psychiatrist, neurologist and
philosopher Henrik Walter wrote that “Neuroscience is so important for the
contemporaneous Philosophy as was Physics and Evolution for the modern
Philosophy”. So, we can extend this idea for all the Humanities. Beyond
Philosophy, Other areas of the Human Sciences are also important to keep the
understanding of Knowledge in a broader and deeper way.
By these reasons, the field of Neurohumanities
appeared as a consequence of interdisciplinary activities correlated to the
understanding of Knowledge and other aspects of the human being related to
Neuroscience.
