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OverviewOur intuition tells us that we, our conscious selves, cause our own voluntary acts. Yet scientists have long questioned this; Thomas Huxley, for example, in 1874 compared mental events to a steam whistle that contributes nothing to the work of a locomotive. New experimental evidence (most notable, work by Benjamin Libet and Daniel Wegner) has brought the causal status of human behavior back to the forefront of intellectual discussion. This multidisciplinary collection advances the debate, approaching the question from a variety of perspectives. The contributors begin by examining recent research in neuroscience that suggests that consciousness does not cause behavior, offering the outline of an empirically based model that shows how the brain causes behavior and where consciousness might fit in. Other contributors address the philosophical presuppositions that may have informed the empirical studies, raising questions about what can be legitimately concluded about the existence of free will from Libet's and Wegner's experimental results. Others examine the effect recent psychological and neuroscientific research could have on legal, social, and moral judgments of responsibility and blame -- in situations including A Clockwork Orange-like scenario of behavior correction. Contributors: William P. Banks, Timothy Bayne, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Suparna Choudhury, Walter J. Freeman, Shaun Gallagher, Susan Hurley, Marc Jeannerod, Leonard V. Kaplan, Hakwan Lau, Sabine Maasen, Bertram F. Malle, Alfred R. Mele, Elisabeth Pacherie, Richard Passingham, Susan Pockett, Wolfgang Prinz, Peter W. Ross Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan Pockett , William P. Banks , Shaun Gallagher (Moss Chair of Excellence in Philosophy, University of Memphis)Publisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.749kg ISBN: 9780262162371ISBN 10: 0262162377 Pages: 372 Publication Date: 24 February 2006 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsReviewsOverall, this is an excellent volume that brings together an impressive cast of commentators on the key question for consciousness studies: does the c word actually do anything. -- Jonjoe McFadden Journal of Consciousness Studies <p> Overall, this is an excellent volume that brings together an impressivecast of commentators on the key question for consciousness studies: does the c wordactually do anything. Jonjoe McFadden Journal of Consciousness Studies Author InformationSusan Pockett is Visiting Scientist in the Physics Department at the University of Auckland. William P. Banks is Professor of Psychology at Pomona College and editor-in-chief of the journal Consciousness and Cognition. Shaun Gallagher is Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Central Florida and coeditor of the journal Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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