In A Dialogue on Free Will and Science, renowned philosopher Alfred Mele explores the experiments in neuroscience and psychology that have been said to pose the greatest challenges to free will. He uses an imagined dialogue among several characters to make what is typically a complex topic more accessible and engaging for students. Guided by the question How much power do these scientific challenges have? , the characters first consider what having free will means and then react to well-known experiments that question its existence, including work by Libet and Milgram and the bystander, dime, and Stanford prison experiments. Their discussions show how useful philosophical methods can be in assessing and interpreting scientific findings, thereby revealing certain weaknesses in these scientific challenges.Ideal for courses in free will, introduction to philosophy, ethics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science, A Dialogue on Free Will and Science encourages students to form their own opinions on the validity and strength of the major scientific challenges to free will.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780199329298
eBay Product ID (ePID)
176605841
Product Key Features
Book Title
A Dialogue on Free Will and Science
Author
Alfred R. Mele
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Publication Year
2013
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
209mm
Item Width
141mm
Item Weight
182g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Alfred R. Mele
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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