Neuroscience and the possibility of locally determined choices: Reply to Adina Roskies and Eddy Nahmias |
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Authors: | Marcelo Fischborn |
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Affiliation: | Department of Philosophy, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil |
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Abstract: | In a previous paper, 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 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. |
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Keywords: | Choice determinism free will incompatibilism neuroscience |
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