In this chapter I discuss different neuroscience-based approaches to free will, focusing on the experiments conducted by Benjamin Libet and the argument by Peter Ulric Tse. I hypothesize that both for philosophy as well as for neuroscience the central issue for an effective account of free will ...
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Free Will in Modern Philosophy.—Although from Descartes onward, philosophy became more and more separated from theology, still the theological significance of this particular question has always been felt to be of the highest moment. Descartes himself at times clearly maintains the freedom of the w...
Based on extant literature in philosophy, psychology, and economics, we offer both a narrower conceptualization of the nature of self-control problems and a more general conceptualization of self-control strategies, involving not only willpower but also precommitment. We conclude with a discussion of...
1. Robert Sapolsky vs Kevin Mitchell: The Biology of Free Will | Philosophical Trials #15, moderated by Theodor Nenu, Lecturer in Philosophy at Hertford College, University of Oxford.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Y1Q8vhX5Y(19:40). ...
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Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2023/entries/determinismcausal/ 4. Stephen Cave(2016), There's No Such Thing as Free Willhttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/theres-no-such-thing-as-free-will/480750/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shar...
Free will seems so obvious. Whatever I want to do, I just do. But could ‘I’ be fooled? Some say that free will is an illusion, and they back up their claim with... playlist Do Humans have Free Will? Topic Series 6 videos 44:51 Watch Next Philosophy of Free Will 6 items Pr...
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