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Who’s the boss, me or my brain? Data from the brain, by itself, does not favor free will. But is there more to me than my brain? How to judge among the vast and...

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Does Brain Science Abolish Free Will?

Episode 13

Season 10

26:45

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Free will seems the simplest of notions. Why then is free will so vexing to philosophers? Here’s why: no one knows how free will works! Science, seemingly, permits no...

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Can Brains have Free Will?

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1:10:02

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Who’s the boss, me or my brain? Brain data does not favor free will. In the famous Libet experiment, my brain makes decisions prior to my conscious sense of making that...

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Does Brain Science Eliminate Free Will?

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57:34

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Free will has traditionally been a problem in philosophy. Recently, the battleground of free will has shifted to neuroscience. Now some claim that to solve the problem of...

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Physics of Free Will

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1:12

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‘Experimental philosophy’ is a new field of study, in which philosophical problems are subjected to surveys of common people expressing their common views. What...

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What is Experimental Philosophy?

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20:59

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What do common people think about free will, and why should it matter what they think anyway? Do common people think they have free will? Can they be persuaded otherwise? How...

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