Free Will: a new study (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, January 08, 2016, 15:52 (3030 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: So is the person that intervenes separate from the brain or not? If it's the former, Haynes is arguing for dualism, and if it's the latter, he is arguing for materialism, in which case we are still at the mercy of our brains. But our brains in that case ARE “us”, so that does not mean “we” do not take our own decisions. Whether we have free will or not therefore depends on the definition of free will, and the answer to the question “freedom from what?” Back to square one.
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> Of course there is a point of no return. That will be the moment at which the movement has been made. I am applying to Universitätsmedizin Berlin for a grant to cover my research into how decisions are made to grant grants for research into how decisions are made.-Your points are well taken. I presented this to show that the study of decision-making by the brain is not as simple as the Libet findings of years ago.