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A dialogue on free will and science / Alfred R. Mele.

Title
A dialogue on free will and science / Alfred R. Mele.
Author
Mele, Alfred R., 1951-
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

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x, 113 pages; 21 cm
Summary
A Dialogue on Free Will and Science is a brief and intriguing book discussing the scientific challenges of free will. Presented through a dialogue, the format allows ideas to emerge and be clarified and then evaluated in a natural way. Engaging and accessible, it offers students a compelling look at free will and science.
Subject
  • Free will and determinism > Miscellanea
  • Imaginary conversations
  • Free will and determinism
  • Bewusstsein
  • Determinismus
  • Moralische Verantwortung
  • Neurowissenschaften
  • Psychologie
  • Willensfreiheit
Genre/Form
Trivia and miscellanea
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-106) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1 Monday Afternoon 1 -- What does "free will" mean? -- Three answers: regular, mid-grade, and premium -- 2 Monday Night 10 -- Regular free will -- Determinism -- Frankfurt-style stories -- The zygote argument -- Moral responsibility -- 3 Tuesday Afternoon 19 -- Mid-gradefree will -- Deep openness -- Moral responsibility again -- Luck -- Premium free will -- A survey -- 4 Tuesday Night 28 -- Libet's neuroscience experiments -- 5 Wednesday Afternoon 39 -- An fMRI experiment -- Buridan's ass -- A depth electrode experiment -- Consciousness at work -- Ramachandran's thought experiment -- 6 Wednesday Night 50 -- Gazzaniga on free will -- Nylon stocking experiment -- Dime experiment -- Bystander experiment -- Good Samaritan experiment -- 7 Thursday Afternoon 60 -- Milgram's experiments and free will -- Bystander experiment and free will -- Dime experiment and free will -- Stanford prison experiment and free will -- 8 Thursday Night 71 -- Wegner on free will -- Implementation intentions and consciousness in action -- 9 Friday Afternoon 81 -- Scientific evidence and regular free will -- Scientific evidence and mid-grade free will -- 10 Friday Night 92 -- Scientific evidence and premium free will -- Souls -- Agent causation -- Regular and mid-grade free will again.
ISBN
  • 9780199329298
  • 019932929X
LCCN
^^2013016322
OCLC
  • 850909237
  • SCSB-10637551
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library