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Are We Free? - Psychology and Free Will (Hardcover)
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Are We Free? - Psychology and Free Will (Hardcover)
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Do people have free will, or this universal belief an illusion? If
free will is more than an illusion, what kind of free will do
people have? How can free will influence behavior? Can free will be
studied, verified, and understood scientifically? How and why might
a sense of free will have evolved? These are a few of the questions
this book attempts to answer.
People generally act as though they believe in their own free
will: they don't feel like automatons, and they don't treat one
another as they might treat robots. While acknowledging many
constraints and influences on behavior, people nonetheless act as
if they (and their neighbors) are largely in control of many if not
most of the decisions they make. Belief in free will also underpins
the sense that people are responsible for their actions.
Psychological explanations of behavior rarely mention free will as
a factor, however. Can psychological science find room for free
will? How do leading psychologists conceptualize free will, and
what role do they believe free will plays in shaping behavior?
In recent years a number of psychologists have tried to solve one
or more of the puzzles surrounding free will. This book looks both
at recent experimental and theoretical work directly related to
free will and at ways leading psychologists from all branches of
psychology deal with the philosophical problems long associated
with the question of free will, such as the relationship between
determinism and free will and the importance of consciousness in
free will. It also includes commentaries by leading philosophers on
what psychologists can contribute to long-running philosophical
struggles with this most distinctly human belief.These essays
should be of interest not only to social scientists, but to
intelligent and thoughtful readers everywhere.
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