The free will delusion.
The article discusses scientific and philosophical questions of the concept of free will, arguing that it cannot be explained as a cause of conscious human behavior. Examples are given of research experiments that traced or even predicted conscious human decisions within the brain. The author assert...
| Publicado en: | New Statesman Vol. 140; no. 5084/5085; pp. 46 - 48 |
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New Statesman Ltd.
12/19/2011
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| Sumario: | The article discusses scientific and philosophical questions of the concept of free will, arguing that it cannot be explained as a cause of conscious human behavior. Examples are given of research experiments that traced or even predicted conscious human decisions within the brain. The author asserts that if human behavior is determined by biological forces instead of free will, one must consider that each person's situation depends much more on luck than by a measure of personality. |
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