Human agency and neural causes : philosophy of action and the neuroscience of voluntary agency /
In exploring whether our neuroscientific discoveries are consistent with the idea we are voluntary agents, this text presents a neuroscientifically-informed emergentist account of human agency. In contrast with the assumptions that currently shape neuropsychological research on voluntary agency, J.D...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Summary: | In exploring whether our neuroscientific discoveries are consistent with the idea we are voluntary agents, this text presents a neuroscientifically-informed emergentist account of human agency. In contrast with the assumptions that currently shape neuropsychological research on voluntary agency, J.D. Runyan presents a broadly-conceived Aristotelian account of voluntary agency grounded in our everyday thought about our conduct. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137329486 (alk. paper) 1137329483 (alk. paper) |