Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Murphy, Nancey. (Editor), Ellis, George F. R. (Editor), O<U+0019>Connor, Timothy. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Understanding Complex Systems,
• Subjects: Physics.; Neurosciences.; Differentiable dynamical systems.; Public health laws.; Vibration.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.; Medical Law.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03205-9

How is free will possible in the light of the physical and chemical underpinnings of brain activity and recent neurobiological experiments? How can the emergence of complexity in hierarchical systems such as the brain, based at the lower levels in physical interactions, lead to something like genuin...

Table of Contents:

• The Biophysics of the Brain and the Question of Free Will
• Human Freedom and "Emergence"
• Volitional Control of Movement
• Contemplative Neuroscience as an Approach to Volitional Consciousness
• Top-Down Causation and Volition: Considerations from Physics
• Coordination Dynamics: The Physics of The Animate
• Intentional Behavior as a Complex System
• A Philosopher<U+0019>s Look at Empirical Studies of the Nature and Efficacy of Volition
• Free Will and Top-Down Control in the Brain
• The Controversy over Brain Research
• Thinking beyond the Bereitschaftspotential: Consciousness of Self and Others as a Necessary Condition for Change
• Neuroscience, Free Will, and the Law
• Law, Responsibility, and the Brain.