Alfred Mele (Florida State University): Free Will and Neuroscience

Date:

January 22, 2013 - 17:30 - 19:30

Building:

Zrinyi u. 14

Room:

412

Event type:

Lecture

Event audience:

Open to the Public

External presenter(s):

Alfred Mele

Abstract:

A major source of scientific skepticism about free will is the belief (defended by neuroscientist Benjamin Libet, social psychologist Daniel Wegner, and others) that conscious decisions and intentions never play a role in producing corresponding actions. I discuss two serious problems encountered by any attempt to justify this belief by appealing to existing neuroscientific data.