Volitional Brain : Towards a Neuroscience of Freewill

Benjamin Libet; Anthony Freeman; Keith Sutherland
Imprint Academic
 9780907845119
0-907845-11-8

It is widely accepted in science that the universe is a closed deterministic system in which everything can, ultimately, be explained by purely physical causation. And yet we all experience ourselves as.

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having the freedom to choose between alternatives presented to us -- 'we' are in the driving seat. The puzzling status of volition is explored in this issue by a distinguished body of scientists and philosophers.