Conscious will and responsibility : a tribute to Benjamin Libet /

We all seem to think that we do the acts we do because we consciously choose to do them. This commonsense view is thrown into dispute by Benjamin Libet's experiments, which suggest that conscious will occurs not before but after the start of brain activity that produces physical action. This bo...

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Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Libet, Benjamin, Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter, Nadel, Lynn.
Weitere Verfasser:
Libet, Benjamin, Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter, Nadel, Lynn
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
We all seem to think that we do the acts we do because we consciously choose to do them. This commonsense view is thrown into dispute by Benjamin Libet's experiments, which suggest that conscious will occurs not before but after the start of brain activity that produces physical action. This book explores this theory and more.
Umfang:
1 online resource (278 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schriftenreihe:
Series in neuroscience, law, and philosophy Conscious will and responsibility
ISBN:
0-19-045236-6
0-19-970063-X
1-282-88073-X
9786612880735
Schlagworte:
Will.
Responsibility.
Consciousness.
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