Did my neurons make me do it? : philosophical and neurobiological perspectives on moral responsibility and free will / Nancey Murphy and Warren S. Brown.

  • Murphy, Nancey C.
Date:
2007
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Physical description

xviii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-321) and index.

Contents

Introduction: New approaches to knotty old problems -- Avoiding Cartesian materialism -- From causal reductionism to self-directed systems -- From mindless to intelligent action -- How can neural nets mean? -- How does reason get its grip on the brain? -- Who's responsible? -- Neurobiological reductionism and free will.

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    BJ1451 2007M87d
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ISBN

  • 9780199215393
  • 0199215391