Surrounding free will : philosophy, psychology, neuroscience / edited by Alfred R. Mele.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mele, Alfred R., 1951- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free will and determinism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 342 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Philosophy, psychology, neuroscience

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores free will from several perspectives: neuroscience; social, cognitive, and developmental psychology; and philosophy (traditional and experimental).

Contents:

1. Introduction / Alfred Mele

2. The Origins and Development of Our Conception of Free Will / Alison Gopnik and Tamar Kushnir

3. Free Will without Metaphysics / Andrew E. Monroe and Bertram F. Malle

4. Free Will: Belief and Reality / Roy F. Baumeister, Cory Clark, and Jamie Luguri

5. Measuring and Manipulating Beliefs and Behaviors Associated with Free Will: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly / Jonathan Schooler, Thomas Nadelhoffer, Eddy Nahmias, and Kathleen D. Vohs

6. Incompatibilism and "Bypassed" Agency / Gunnar Björnsson

7. Naturalizing Free Will: Paths and Pitfalls / Myrto L. Mylopoulos and Hakwan Lau

8. "Free will": Components and Processes / Patrick Haggard

9. Change of Intention in "Picking" Situations / Ariel Furstenberg, Leon Y. Deouell, and Haim Sompolinsky

10. On Reporting the Onset of the Intention to Move / Uri Maoz, Liad Mudrik, Ram Rivlin, Ian Ross, Adam Mamelak, and Gideon Yaffe

11. Dissecting the Readiness Potential: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Readiness Potentials, Conscious willing, and Action / Prescott Alexander, Alexander Schlegel, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Adina Roskies, Peter Ulric Tse, and Thalia Wheatley

12. Monkey Decision Making as a Model System for Human Decision Making / Adina L. Roskies

13. The Problem of Determinism and Free Will Is Not the Problem of Determinism and Free Will / Carolina Sartorio

14. On Being Someone / J.T. Ismael

15. Negligent Action and Unwitting Omission / Randolph Clarke

Appendix: Free Will Lexicon / Patrick Haggard, Alfred Mele, Timothy O'Connor, and Kathleen Vohs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 28, 2014).

ISBN:

0-19-939384-2