Alfred R Mele

Effective Intentions

The Power of Conscious Will

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Each of the following claims has been defended in the scientific literature on free will and consciousness: your brain routinely decides what you will do before you become conscious of its decision; there is only a 100 millisecond window of opportunity for free will, and all it can do is veto conscious decisions, intentions, or urges; intentions never play a role in producing corresponding actions; and free will is an illusion. In EFFECTIVE INTENTIONS AlfredMele shows that the evidence offered to support these claims is sorely deficient.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 142mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 264g
• ISBN-13: 9780199764686
• ISBN-10: 0199764689
• Artikelnr.: 30361766

Autorenporträt

Alfred R. Mele is William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University.

Inhaltsangabe

1.: Introduction
2.: Conscious Intentions and Decisions
3.: Neuroscience and Causes of Action
4.: Neuroscience and Free Will
5.: Intentional Actions and the Alleged Illusion of Conscious Will
6.: Proximal Intentions and Awareness Reports
7.: The Power of Conscious Will
8.: Conclusion
Index