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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
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Quantum Physics and Free Will
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Front Matter
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QUANTUM PHYSICS AND FREE WILL
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Neuroscience and Free Will
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Front Matter
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NEUROSCIENCE AND FREE WILL
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Attempts to Reconcile Science and Free Will
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Front Matter
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ATTEMPTS TO RECONCILE SCIENCE AND FREE WILL
About this book
Keywords
- animal behavior and free will
- bioethics and the space-time issue
- determinism and free will
- economics and free will
- free will and motor control
- free will and neuroscience
- mind brain relationship
- neurophysiological basis of communication
- philosophy and quantum physics
- quantum randomness
- reflexes and voluntary behavior
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Zürich, Switzerland
Antoine Suarez
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Thomas More Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom
Peter Adams
About the editors
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Is Science Compatible with Free Will?
Book Subtitle: Exploring Free Will and Consciousness in the Light of Quantum Physics and Neuroscience
Editors: Antoine Suarez, Peter Adams
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5212-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-5211-9Published: 21 December 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9632-9Published: 28 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5212-6Published: 22 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 314
Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy of Science, Neurosciences