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1 online resource (315 pages) |
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QUANTUM PHYSICS AND FREE WILL -- True Quantum Randomness / Antonio Acín -- Are There Quantum Effects Coming from Outside Space-Time? Nonlocality, Free Will and "No Many-Worlds" / Nicolas Gisin -- Can Free Will Emerge from Determinism in Quantum Theory? / Gilles Brassard, Paul Raymond-Robichaud -- Free Will and Nonlocality at Detection as Basic Principles of Quantum Physics / Antoine Suarez -- Are Humans the Only Free Agents in the Universe? / Zeeya Merali -- The Origin of Freedom in Animal Behaviour / Martin Heisenberg -- NEUROSCIENCE AND FREE WILL -- The Role of Inhibitory Control of Reflex Mechanisms in Voluntary Behavior / Flavio Keller, Jana M. Iverson -- The Mirror Mechanism as Neurophysiological Basis for Action and Intention Understanding / Leonardo Fogassi, Giacomo Rizzolatti -- On the Quest for Consciousness in Vegetative State Patients Through Electrical Neuroimaging / S. L. Gonzalez, S. Perrig, R. Grave de Peralta -- On the Irreducibility of Consciousness and Its Relevance to Free Will / Giulio Tononi -- On Habit Learning in Neuroscience and Free Will / Javier Bernácer, José Manuel Giménez-Amaya -- Free Will and Neuroscience: Revisiting Libet's Studies / Alfred R. Mele -- Towards Non-physical Realism / Jean Staune -- Are Economics Laws Compatible with Free Will? / Luís Cabral, Luís Cabral -- ATTEMPTS TO RECONCILE SCIENCE AND FREE WILL -- The Two-Stage Model to the Problem of Free Will / Robert O. Doyle -- Can a Traditional Libertarian or Incompatibilist Free Will Be Reconciled with Modern Science? Steps Toward a Positive Answer / Robert Kane -- Exploring Free Will and Consciousness in the Light of Quantum Physics and Neuroscience / Peter Adams, Antoine Suarez. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Summary |
"One of the first books to discuss, at the same time, the implications of quantum physics, Libet's experiments and the neurophysiological finding of mirror neurons Uses scientific data as a basis for drawing philosophical implications. Contains interdisciplinary contributions from neuroscientists, quantum physicists, and free-will philosophers. There is a perceived conflict within the scientific community between the conviction that a human being has free will on one hand, and deterministic physics and neuroscience on the other. When faced with this conflict, two alternative positions are possible: either human freedom is an illusion, or deterministic science is not the last word on the brain and will eventually be superseded by a neuroscience that admits processes not completely determined by the past."--publisher's website |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Free will and determinism.
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Consciousness.
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Quantum theory.
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Neurosciences.
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PHILOSOPHY / Free Will & Determinism
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Consciousness. (OCoLC)fst00875441
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Free will and determinism. (OCoLC)fst00933968
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Neurosciences. (OCoLC)fst01036509
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Quantum theory. (OCoLC)fst01085128
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Personal Autonomy.
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Consciousness.
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Quantum Theory.
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Neurosciences.
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| Added Author |
Suarez, Antoine.
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Adams, Peter (Physicist)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781461452119 |
| ISBN |
9781461452126 (electronic bk.) |
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1461452120 (electronic bk.) |
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