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Author:   Roy F. Baumeister (Professor, Professor, University of Queensland)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780197693520

ISBN 10:   0197693520
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   23 December 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Why Does Free Will Matter? 2 What Should a Scientific Theory of Free Will Look Like? 3 Why Free Will Evolved 4 The Time Dimension: Free Will Links Past, Present, and Future 5 Free Will in the Flesh: Three Agents 6 Does Free Will Mean Random Action? 7 Wanting Comes First 8 What Is Choice? Understanding the Multi-Maybe Future 9 Do Conscious Thoughts Cause Behavior? 10 How Conscious Thoughts Cause Behavior 11 Meaning Changes Everything 12 Free Will Is No Free Lunch 13 Free Will Gone Rogue: The Mystery of Self-Defeating Behavior 14 What Free Will Feels Like 15 Whether People Believe in Free Will or Not 16 How Children Acquire Free Will 17 Owning Your Actions as an Individual 18 How Free Will Operates, in Practice 19 Desire to Have or Use Free Will? The Question of Innate Drive for Control 20 Positive Psychology and Free Will 21 Summing Up and Looking Ahead

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Roy F. Baumeister is Professor of Psychology at The University of Queensland. He has received several awards for distinguished career contributions. His book Willpower (with John Tierney) was a New York Times bestseller.

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