It is widely accepted in science that the universe is a closed deterministic system in which everything can, ultimately, be explained by purely physical causation. And yet we all experience ourselves as having the freedom to choose between alternatives presented to us -- 'we' are in the driving seat.
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"This book is an unsurpassed paragon of open-mindedness -- includes as its closing essay a trenchant review of itself" -- Daniel C. Dennett
A timely compilation of essays on the brain processes that organize voluntary action. -- Karl Pribram, Contemporary Psychology
An excellent and even-handed review of what is at stake... -- John G. Taylor
Reports some fascinating empirical work on the brain activity that appears to underlie volitional behaviour. -- A.C. Grayling, Times Literary Supplement
Stimulating reading from beginning to end. -- Robert Kane
A timely compilation of essays on the brain processes that organize voluntary action. -- Karl Pribram, Contemporary Psychology
An excellent and even-handed review of what is at stake... -- John G. Taylor
Reports some fascinating empirical work on the brain activity that appears to underlie volitional behaviour. -- A.C. Grayling, Times Literary Supplement
Stimulating reading from beginning to end. -- Robert Kane
About the Author
Freeman read chemistry and then theology at Oxford University and was ordained in 1972. "When God In Us" was first published in 1993 he was dismissed from his parish for contravening church teaching, but he remains a priest in the Church of England.
Sutherland is a Microsoft Certified Professional, IT consultant, trainer and technical author.
Benjamin Libet is Professor Emeritus of Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco, and a member of the Center for Neuroscience at the University of California, Davis.
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During the last decades, the enigmatic field of volition has been the object of quantitative brain mapping studies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
preceding unconscious processes, instigatory self, conscious veto, volitional causation, chess universe, purely physical causation, classical physical theory, testable field theory, mechanical lengths, causal primaries, physical causal explanation, causal primary, impulsive power, causa sui self, libertarian free will, liquid reward, freely voluntary act, readiness potential, primate basal ganglia, cerebral initiative, primate striatum, volitional process, causal closure, willed movements, volitional effort Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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During the last decades, the enigmatic field of volition has been the object of quantitative brain mapping studies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
preceding unconscious processes, instigatory self, conscious veto, volitional causation, chess universe, purely physical causation, classical physical theory, testable field theory, mechanical lengths, causal primaries, physical causal explanation, causal primary, impulsive power, causa sui self, libertarian free will, liquid reward, freely voluntary act, readiness potential, primate basal ganglia, cerebral initiative, primate striatum, volitional process, causal closure, willed movements, volitional effort Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Journal of Consciousness Studies, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Brain Res, Harvard University Press, William James, Basil Blackwell, The Mind Matters, The Principles of Psychology, Benjamin Libet, Academic Press, Galen Strawson, Princeton University Press, The Humanist, Ciba Foundation Symposium, Elbow Room, Game of Life, Gilbert Ryle, Maine de Biran, Practical Management, Science of Consciousness, The Concept of Mind, Archives of General Psychiatry, Basic Books New!
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- The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle on 5 pages
- How the Self Controls Its Brain by John Eccles on 4 pages
- Freedom and Belief (Clarendon Paperbacks) by Galen Strawson in Front Matter, page 204, and page 224
- The Frontal Lobes and Voluntary Action (Oxford Psychology) by Richard Passingham on page 29, and page 259
- The Oxford Companion to the Mind (Oxford Companions) by Richard L. Gregory on page 77, and page 98
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- A Plain Person's Free Will: No. 1 (Journal of Consciousness Studies: Controversies in Science & the Humanities) by David S J Hodgson on 6 pages
- Free Will (Blackwell Readings in Philosophy) by Robert Kane on page 256, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control by Kathleen Taylor in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force by Jeffrey M. Schwartz on page 291, page 303, and Back Matter
- Consciousness: An Introduction by Susan Blackmore in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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