Voluntary action - Bains, Minds and Sociality

Zusatztext . . . the book represents a very good overview of existing arguments and research relating to the topic of free will. Every chapter is unique and very much up to date . . . the book is a very good investment. Klappentext We all know what a voluntary action is - we all think we know when an action is voluntary, and when it is not. Yet, performing an action and defining it are different matters. What counts as an action? When does it begin? Does the conscious desire to perform an action always precede the act? If not, is it really a voluntary action? This is a debate that crosses the boundaries of philosophy, neuroscience, psychology and social science. This book brings togethersome of the leading thinkers from these disciplines to consider this deep and often puzzling topic. The result is a fascinating and stimulating debate that will challenge our fundamental assumptions about our sense of free-will. Zusammenfassung This text examines the concept of voluntary action, taking into account findings in neuroscience that the brain activation required to perform the action can actually precede the brain activation representing our conscious desire to perform that action.

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• Authors: Sabine Maasen, Wolfgang Prinz, Gerhard Roth
• Assisted by: Sabine Maasen (Editor), Sabine (Professor of Science Studies Maasen (Editor), Maasen Sabine (Editor), Wolfgang Prinz (Editor), Wolfgang (Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research Prinz (Editor), Prinz Wolfgang (Editor), Gerhard Roth (Editor), Gerhard (Hanse Institute for Advanced Study Roth (Editor), Roth Gerhard (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2003
• EAN: 9780198527541
• ISBN: 978-0-19-852754-1
• No. of pages: 390
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 245 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Psychology: states of consciousness, Neurosciences, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Conscious & unconscious, Cognitivism, cognitive theory