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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Nancey Murphy (Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California) , Warren S. Brown (Fuller Graduate School of Psychology)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.30cm Weight: 0.535kg ISBN: 9780199568239ISBN 10: 0199568235 Pages: 354 Publication Date: 18 June 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: New Approaches to Knotty Old Problems 1: Avoiding Cartesian Materialism 2: From Causal Reductionism to Self-Directed Systems 3: From Mindless to Intelligent Action 4: How Can Neural Nets Mean? 5: How Does Reason Get Its Grip on the Brain? 6: Who's Responsible? 7: Neurobiological Reductionism and Free Will PostscriptReviewsThis volume is an impressive achievement on the part of Murphy and Brown. They have provided a much-needed synthesis of philosophical and scientific resources dealing with moral responsibility and free will. Paul N. Markham, Science & Chrisitan Belief `Review from previous edition The picture of agency presented here is one well worth pursuing...the general outlines of the view are plausible, and there is a rich research agenda here.' Neil Levy, Metapsychology `Fascinating...Did My Neurons Make Me Do It? is a nicely written, engaging book that makes a genuine contribution to the growing literature on mental causation.' Todd Stuart Ganson, Science `Review from previous edition The picture of agency presented here is one well worth pursuing...the general outlines of the view are plausible, and there is a rich research agenda here.' Neil Levy, Metapsychology `Fascinating...Did My Neurons Make Me Do It? is a nicely written, engaging book that makes a genuine contribution to the growing literature on mental causation.' Todd Stuart Ganson, Science This volume is an impressive achievement on the part of Murphy and Brown. They have provided a much-needed synthesis of philosophical and scientific resources dealing with moral responsibility and free will. * Paul N. Markham, Science & Chrisitan Belief * Author InformationNancey Murphy is Professor of Christian Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. Warren S. Brown is Professor of Psychology at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, Pasadena, California. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |