This seems like a constructive approach:

>This course is an introduction to the theory that tries to explain how minds are made from collections of simpler processes.

Whereas, at least in parts, the brain seems to work 'reductively': [1]

>In fish...

>"Contrary to expectation, the synaptic strengths in the pallium remained about the same regardless of whether the fish learned anything. Instead, in the fish that learned, the synapses were pruned from some areas of the pallium — producing an effect “like cutting a bonsai tree,” Fraser said — and replanted in others."

Could it be that we need other forms of thinking than mere 'analytical thinking' to come up with a full understanding of the human mind?

[1] Scientists watch a memory form in the brain of a living fish https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30572633