Human Agency and Neural Causes

Philosophy of Action and the Neuroscience of Voluntary Agency

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Gebonden, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK | e druk, 2013
ISBN13: 9781137329486
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Palgrave Macmillan UK e druk, 2013 9781137329486
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Human Agency and Neural Causes provides an analysis of our everyday thought about our conduct, and the neuroscience research concerning voluntary agency. J.D. Runyan argues that our findings through neuroscience are consistent with what would be expected if we are, in fact, voluntary agents.

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ISBN13:9781137329486
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK

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1. Introduction 2. Libet-Style Experiments and Volitions 3. The Need for an Analysis of Human Agency 4. An Aristotelian Account of Human Agency 5. Compatibilist Concerns 6. Choices and Voluntary Conduct 7. Neuronal Mechanisms and Voluntary Conduct 8. A Metaphysical Framework: Voluntary Agency, Emergence and Downward Causation

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