Free will and the brain : neuroscientific, philosophical, and legal perspectives / edited by Walter Glannon.
2015
BF621 .F74 2015 (Mapit)
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Free will and the brain : neuroscientific, philosophical, and legal perspectives / edited by Walter Glannon.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Copyright
©2015.
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x, 297 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Pat I: Introduction
1. Free will in light of neuroscience / Walter Glannon
Part II: Conceptual issues
2. Is free will and observer-based concept rather than a brain-based one? A critical neuroepistemological account / Georg Northoff
3. Evolution, dissolution and the neuroscience of the will / Grant Gillett
4. The experience of free will and the experience of agency: an error-prone, reconstructive process / Matthis Synofzik, Gottfried Vosgerau, and Axel Lindner
Part III: Mental capacities and disorders of the will
5. Being free by losing control: what obsessive-compulsive disorder can tell us about free will / Sanneke De Haan, Erik Rietveld and Damiaan Denys
6. Psychopathy and free will from a philosophical and cognitive neuroscience perspective / Farah Focquaert, Andrea L. Glenn, and Adrian Raine
7. How mental disorders can compromise the will / Gerben Meyen
8. Are addicted individuals responsible for their behaviour? / Wayne Hall and Adrian Carter
9. Assessment and modification of free will via scientific techniques: two challenges / Nicole A. Vincent
Part IV: Neural circuitry and modification of the will
10. Implications of functional neurosurgery and deep-brain stimulation for free will and decision-making / Nir Lipsman and Andreas M. Lozano
11. Reducing, restoring, or enhancing autonomy with neuromodulation techniques / Maartje Schermer
Part V: Legal implications of neuroscience
12. Neurobiology collides with moral and criminal responsibility: the result is double vision / Steven E. Hyman
13. Neuroscience, free will, and criminal responsibility / Stephen J. Morse
Index.
1. Free will in light of neuroscience / Walter Glannon
Part II: Conceptual issues
2. Is free will and observer-based concept rather than a brain-based one? A critical neuroepistemological account / Georg Northoff
3. Evolution, dissolution and the neuroscience of the will / Grant Gillett
4. The experience of free will and the experience of agency: an error-prone, reconstructive process / Matthis Synofzik, Gottfried Vosgerau, and Axel Lindner
Part III: Mental capacities and disorders of the will
5. Being free by losing control: what obsessive-compulsive disorder can tell us about free will / Sanneke De Haan, Erik Rietveld and Damiaan Denys
6. Psychopathy and free will from a philosophical and cognitive neuroscience perspective / Farah Focquaert, Andrea L. Glenn, and Adrian Raine
7. How mental disorders can compromise the will / Gerben Meyen
8. Are addicted individuals responsible for their behaviour? / Wayne Hall and Adrian Carter
9. Assessment and modification of free will via scientific techniques: two challenges / Nicole A. Vincent
Part IV: Neural circuitry and modification of the will
10. Implications of functional neurosurgery and deep-brain stimulation for free will and decision-making / Nir Lipsman and Andreas M. Lozano
11. Reducing, restoring, or enhancing autonomy with neuromodulation techniques / Maartje Schermer
Part V: Legal implications of neuroscience
12. Neurobiology collides with moral and criminal responsibility: the result is double vision / Steven E. Hyman
13. Neuroscience, free will, and criminal responsibility / Stephen J. Morse
Index.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Number
BF621 .F74 2015
Language
English
ISBN
9781107036031 hardcover
1107036038 hardcover
1107036038 hardcover
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