The Problem of Free Will and Naturalism
This very important book has now been published. christian onofFree willKantnaturalism
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The Problem of Free Will and Naturalism: Paradoxes and Kantian Solutions
My chum and occasional collaborator, Christian Onof, has his first book coming out next February. This book has been a long time in the making. Christian is as serious a scholar as one can get. Moreover, he is also a top-notch philosopher. christian onofconsciousnessFree willKantnaturalism
Neuroexistentialism: Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience
Recently released. autonomyconsciousnessEmotionFree willmeaningmoralsNeuroexistentialismneuroscienceowen flanaganphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindpurposeselfhood
The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will
This looks like it may well be a cracking read. I do appreciate Ken’s quality of mind as per his chat with the Gad Father. consciousnessevolutionary biologyEvolutionary PsychologyFree willgad saadKenneth MillerReasonreligion and science
Free Will Revisited: Dennett and Harris in Conversation
Check out this excellent discussion between Dan Dennett and Sam Harris. Both shine since I think they have raised each other’s game; this despite being recorded after an already long day. As Sam rightly says, since so much gets lost and/or miscognized in writing it is thus vital to listen to the first 8 or so minutes…
Do Animals Have Free Will?
This in The Philosophers’ Magazine animalsCognitionethicsFree willmetaphyics
Paul Bloom on The War on Reason
Paul Bloom in The Atlantic For the most part, I’m on the side of the neuroscientists and social psychologists—no surprise, given that I’m a psychologist myself. Work in fields such as computational cognitive science, behavioral genetics, and social neuroscience has yielded great insights about human nature. I do worry, though, that many of my colleagues…
Free will
Two articles on that old philosophical chestnut – free will: one from Intelligent Life (neurons v. free will) and one from the sister title, the Economist (Free will and politics). Cognitive scienceFree willIntelligent LifeneurosciencePhilosophy of mind
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