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ISBN10: 3642032044, ISBN13: 9783642032042, [publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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 genuine free will The nature of our understanding of free will in the light of present-day neuroscience is becoming increasingly important because of remarkable discoveries on the topic being made by neuroscientists at the present time, on the one hand, and its crucial importance for the way we view ourselves as human beings, on the other. A key tool in understanding how free will may arise in this context is the idea of downward causation in complex systems, happening coterminously with bottom up causation, to form an integral whole. Top-down causation is usually neglected, and is therefore emphasized in the other part of the book's title. The concept is explored in depth, as are the ethical and legal implications of our understanding of free will.This book arises out of a workshop held in California in April of 2007, which was chaired by Dr. Christof Koch. It was unusual in terms of the breadth of people involved: they included physicists, neuroscientists, psychiatrists, philosophers, and theologians. This enabled the meeting, and ...
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Berlin, Heidelberg Springer 2009 2009 ed. Hard cover New. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 291 p. Contains: Unspecified, Illustrations, black & white, Line drawings, black & white, Line drawings, color, Tables, black & white, Figures. Understanding Complex Systems.
ISBN10: 3642032044, ISBN13: 9783642032042, [publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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 genuine free will The nature of our understanding of free will in the light of present-day neuroscience is becoming increasingly important because of remarkable discoveries on the topic being made by neuroscientists at the present time, on the one hand, and its crucial importance for the way we view ourselves as human beings, on the other. A key tool in understanding how free will may arise in this context is the idea of downward causation in complex systems, happening coterminously with bottom up causation, to form an integral whole. Top-down causation is usually neglected, and is therefore emphasized in the other part of the book's title. The concept is explored in depth, as are the ethical and legal implications of our understanding of free will.This book arises out of a workshop held in California in April of 2007, which was chaired by Dr. Christof Koch. It was unusual in terms of the breadth of people involved: they included physicists, neuroscientists, psychiatrists, philosophers, and theologians. This enabled the meeting, and ...
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Berlin, Heidelberg Springer 2009 2009 ed. Hard cover New. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 291 p. Contains: Unspecified, Illustrations, black & white, Line drawings, black & white, Line drawings, color, Tables, black & white, Figures. Understanding Complex Systems.
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ISBN10: 3642032044, ISBN13: 9783642032042, [publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG] Hardcover With an all star cast on an extremely hot topic, this book provides an important contribution to the growing interdisciplinary field of free will. Top-down causation is explored, as are the ethical and legal implications of our understanding of free will. Editor(s): Murphy, Nancey; Ellis, George F. R.; O'Connor, Timothy. Series: Understanding Complex Systems. Num Pages: 299 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: LNTM; PBWR; PHS; TGMD4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 650. . 2009. Hardback. . . . . [Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2009]
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ISBN10: 3642032044, ISBN13: 9783642032042, [publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG] Hardcover With an all star cast on an extremely hot topic, this book provides an important contribution to the growing interdisciplinary field of free will. Top-down causation is explored, as are the ethical and legal implications of our understanding of free will. Editor(s): Murphy, Nancey; Ellis, George F. R.; O'Connor, Timothy. Series: Understanding Complex Systems. Num Pages: 299 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: LNTM; PBWR; PHS; TGMD4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 650. . 2009. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. [Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2009]
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