Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will

by Nancey Murphy

Book Overview

How is free will possible in the light of the physical and chemical underpinnings of brain activity and recent neurobiological experiments? How can the emergence of complexity in hierarchical systems such as the brain, based at the lower levels in physical interactions, lead to something like genuine free will? The nature of our understanding of free will in the light of present-day neuroscience is becoming increasingly important because of remarkable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642260446
• ISBN13: 9783642260445
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"