Logical problems inherent in claims that biological neuroscience
can ultimately explain mind are not anomalous: They result from
underlying social interests. Neuroscientists are currently making a
successful bid to fill a vacuum of authority created by the demise of
Freudian theory in popular culture. The conflations described in the
Gold & Stoljar target article are the result of alliances between
certain apologist-philosophers, neuroscientists, and institutions, for
the purpose of commanding authority and resources. Social analysis has
a role to play in addressing logical issues in the philosophy of
neuroscience.