Human Agency and Neural Causes: Philosophy of Action and the Neuroscience of Voluntary Agency
Author:   J. Runyan
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2014
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9781349460601


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   08 November 2013
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Human Agency and Neural Causes: Philosophy of Action and the Neuroscience of Voluntary Agency


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Author:   J. Runyan
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2014
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.164kg
ISBN:  

9781349460601


ISBN 10:   1349460605
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   08 November 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introduction 2. Libet-Style Experiments and Volitions 3. The Need for an Analysis of Human Agency 4. An Aristotelian Account of Human Agency 5. Compatibilist Concerns 6. Choices and Voluntary Conduct 7. Neuronal Mechanisms and Voluntary Conduct 8. A Metaphysical Framework: Voluntary Agency, Emergence and Downward Causation

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J. D. Runyan is Associate Professor of Neuropsychology at Indiana Wesleyan University, USA. He performed graduate research in neuroscience at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, USA, before completing a doctorate at the University of Oxford, UK. His research spans neuroscience, psychology, and philosophical psychology.

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