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Freedom and Neurobiology: Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power
John Searle
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Description for Freedom and Neurobiology: Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power
Paperback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy. Num Pages: 128 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 209 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208. Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy S. 128 pages, ill. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HPM. Dimension: 144 x 209 x 9. Weight: 208.
Our self-conception derives mostly from our own experience. We believe ourselves to be conscious, rational, social, ethical, language-using, political agents who possess free will. Yet we know we exist in a universe that consists of mindless, meaningless, unfree, nonrational, brute physical particles. How can we resolve the conflict between these two visions? In Freedom and Neurobiology, the philosopher John Searle discusses the possibility of free will within the context of contemporary neurobiology. He begins by explaining the relationship between human reality and the more fundamental reality as described by physics and chemistry. Then he proposes a neurobiological resolution to ... Read more
Our self-conception derives mostly from our own experience. We believe ourselves to be conscious, rational, social, ethical, language-using, political agents who possess free will. Yet we know we exist in a universe that consists of mindless, meaningless, unfree, nonrational, brute physical particles. How can we resolve the conflict between these two visions? In Freedom and Neurobiology, the philosopher John Searle discusses the possibility of free will within the context of contemporary neurobiology. He begins by explaining the relationship between human reality and the more fundamental reality as described by physics and chemistry. Then he proposes a neurobiological resolution to ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Series
Columbia Themes in Philosophy
Format
Paperback
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231137539
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V9780231137539
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About John Searle
John Searle is Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of sixteen books, including Speech Acts; Expression and Meaning; Intentionality; Minds, Brains, and Science; The Rediscovery of the Mind; The Construction of Social Reality; Rationality in Action; and Mind: An Introduction. His works have been translated into twenty-one languages, and in 2004, he ... Read more
Reviews for Freedom and Neurobiology: Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power
This book is a short but powerful presentation of views of the author... [it] includes interesting new arguments and is very useful... as an excellent and exceptionally clear summary of the free-will debate.
Joelle Proust, director of research, Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris This small book speaks volumes. It shows why John Searle is the most widely read of philosophers of ... Read more
Joelle Proust, director of research, Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris This small book speaks volumes. It shows why John Searle is the most widely read of philosophers of ... Read more