“Local determination”, even if we could find it, does not challenge free will: Commentary on Marcelo Fischborn

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 185-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adina Roskies ◽  
Eddy Nahmias
Keyword(s):  
Free Will ◽  
Local Determination

scholarly journals Neuroscience and the possibility of locally determined choices: Reply to Adina Roskies and Eddy Nahmias

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Fischborn
Keyword(s):  
Free Will ◽  
Local Determination ◽  
Libertarian Free Will

In a previous paper (Fischborn, 2016), I argued that neuroscience and psychology could in principle undermine libertarian free will by providing support for a subset of what I called ‘statements of local determination’. I also argued that Libet-style experiments have not so far supported statements of that sort. In a commentary to the paper, Adina Roskies and Eddy Nahmias (2016) accept the claim about Libet-style experiments, but reject the claim about the possibilities of neuroscience. Here I explain why I still disagree with their conclusion, despite being sympathetic to a lot of what they say in support of it.

When Mother Earth Rises Up

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona Sacchi ◽  
Paolo Riva ◽  
Marco Brambilla
Keyword(s):  
Free Will ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Disaster Victims ◽  
Willingness To Help ◽  
Mother Earth

Anthropomorphization is the tendency to ascribe humanlike features and mental states, such as free will and consciousness, to nonhuman beings or inanimate agents. Two studies investigated the consequences of the anthropomorphization of nature on people’s willingness to help victims of natural disasters. Study 1 (N = 96) showed that the humanization of nature correlated negatively with willingness to help natural disaster victims. Study 2 (N = 52) tested for causality, showing that the anthropomorphization of nature reduced participants’ intentions to help the victims. Overall, our findings suggest that humanizing nature undermines the tendency to support victims of natural disasters.

Free will and agency.

1994 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Sappington
Keyword(s):  
Free Will

Freud and Free Will: Fact, Fantasy, and Philosophy

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Boag
Keyword(s):  
Free Will

What’s all the recent free-will ado about?

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 330-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno G. Breitmeyer
Keyword(s):  
Free Will

Do We Really Have the Concepts of Free Will and Responsibility?

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takayuki Suzuki ◽  
Koji Tsuchiya ◽  
Makoto Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Free Will

The brain minds whether we believ in free will

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Rigoni ◽  
M. Brass ◽  
B. Burle
Keyword(s):  
Free Will ◽  
The Brain

I know you didn't have to: Gratitude depends on free will beliefs

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. MacKenzie ◽  
Kathleen D. Vohs ◽  
Roy F. Baumeister
Keyword(s):  
Free Will
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