A Sense of Free Will: requires a properly functioning brain (Introduction)

by romansh , Sunday, August 30, 2015, 18:36 (3155 days ago) @ David Turell
edited by romansh, Sunday, August 30, 2015, 18:47

An excellent review of the book whose review started this thread. The book is The Main Who Wasn't There by Anil Ananthaswamy. 
So did you read Anil's book?-> A view of consciousness:
> His comment on consciousness which explains why I don't think Jerry Coyne's use of neuroscience is appropriate. We are on the outside looking in. We realy don't know what is going on:-I think the use of neuroscience is completely valid, though I don't think it will provide a complete picture. Psychology too is on the outside looking in. But if psychologists are true to themselves, they too will recognize they are practicing a form of determinism.-And this brings us to introspection, I assume this is what you are suggesting David?-And if so, I completely agree with you ... having said that we need to try and bring some scientific rigour to this introspection. Now others have suggested this including Susan Blackmore. She has suggested meditation as one possible route. -And here is where we seem to part ways David. Now if I look carefully inside of my self, I can see that my so called consciousness has papered over the absence of a conscious will.