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
About this work
Publication/Creation
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Physical description
xviii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contributors
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.
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Medical CollectionBJ1451 2007M87dOpen shelves
Permanent link
Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780199215393
- 0199215391