NeuroExp 2025 - Explanation in Cognitive Neuroscience: From empirical case studies to philosophical analysis

Philosophical analysis of scientific explanation has undergone a great shift from armchair theorising to empirically inspired and informed theories. On the forefront of this shift has been work on explanation in the special sciences. This workshop, organised by the research group on Mechanistic and Representational Explanation in Cognitive Neuroscience (MeReX) aims to showcase both empirical neuroscientific work, which can serve as the basis of philosophical theorising, and philosophical work engaging with empirical case studies in neuroscience. Our focus is on exploring the explanatory practices in cognitive neuroscience under the headings of mechanistic explanation, representational explanation and computational explanation. We especially welcome work focusing on less commonly discussed (but representative) cases and patterns of explanation.