Did my neurons make me do it?: philosophical and neurobiological perspectives on moral responsibility and free will
Nancey Murphy and Warren S. Brown
Did my neurons make me do it?: philosophical and neurobiological perspectives on moral responsibility and free will
Author
Nancey Murphy and Warren S. BrownPublisher
Oxford University PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
Did my neurons make me do it?: philosophical and neurobiological perspectives on moral responsibility and free will / Nancey Murphy and Warren S. BrownPublication Details
آکسفورد : Oxford University Press، 2010مPhysical Description
xviii, 334 p.: ill.; 24 cm.Subject
ResponsibilityFree will and determinism
Mind and body
Neurobiology
Language
انگلیسیOriginally published: 7002.
Includes bibliographical references )p. ]903[-123( and index.
Includes bibliographical references )p. ]903[-123( and index.
Contents
Introduction: New approaches to knotty old problems -- Avoiding Cartesian materialism -- From causal reductionism to self-directed systems -- From mindless to intelligent action -- How can neural nets mean? -- How does reason get its grip on the brain? -- Who's responsible? -- Neurobiological reductionism and free will