No one can prove all mental activity equals neuronal configuration

Evidence

No one today is in a position to prove that all cognitive, emotional, or practical activities are the reformulated and resystematized equivalents of neuronal configurations. As LeDoux notes, ā€I’ll state unashamedly from the start that we can’t, at this point, go all the way in formulating a complete synaptic theory of personality.ā€ — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 204

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