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What is free will? Can it exist in a determined universe? How can
we determine who, if anyone, possesses it? Philosophers have
debated the extent of human free will for millennia. In recent
decades neuroscientists have joined the fray with questions of
their own. Which neural mechanisms could enable conscious control
of action? What are intentional actions? Do contemporary
developments in neuroscience rule out free will or, instead,
illuminate how it works? Over the past few years, neuroscientists
and philosophers have increasingly come to understand that both
fields can make substantive contributions to the free-will debate,
so working together is the best path forward to understanding
whether, when, and how our choices might be free This book contains
thirty bidirectional exchanges between neuroscientists and
philosophers that focus on the most critical questions in the
neurophilosophy of free will. It mimics a lively, interdisciplinary
conference, where experts answer questions and follow-up questions
from the other field, helping each discipline to understand how the
other thinks and works. Each chapter is concise and accessible to
non-experts-free from disciplinary jargon and highly technical
details-but also employs thorough and up-to-date research from
experts in the field. The resulting collection should be useful to
anyone who wants to get up to speed on the most fundamental issues
in the rising field of the neurophilosophy of free will. It will
interest experts from philosophy or neuroscience who want to learn
about the other discipline, students in courses on a host of
related topics, and lay readers who are fascinated by these
profound issues.
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