Can the Sense of Agency Be a Marker of Free Will?
In this paper, I will analyse the relation between a sense of agency and free will. It is often proposed that by investigating the former, we can find a way of judging when an action is voluntary. Haggard seems to be one of the authors believing so. To answer if this assumption is correct, I will: 1...
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| description | In this paper, I will analyse the relation between a sense of agency and free will. It is often proposed that by investigating the former, we can find a way of judging when an action is voluntary. Haggard seems to be one of the authors believing so. To answer if this assumption is correct, I will: 1) analyse the categories of free will and agency; 2) define the sense of agency; 3) describe ways of investigating the sense of agency; 4) describe models of emergence of the sense of agency; 5) analyse the relation between agency and responsibility. I will end by discussing the actual possibility of using the sense of agency measurements (as described in experimental sciences) as markers of free will. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc2bed5aae0f47ec927508a9a502e3d12022-12-21T17:43:11ZengSciendoStudia Humana2299-05182019-06-0182697810.2478/sh-2019-0019sh-2019-0019Can the Sense of Agency Be a Marker of Free Will?Balcerak Paweł0University of Rzeszów, Rejtana 16c Av., 35-959Rzeszów, PolandIn this paper, I will analyse the relation between a sense of agency and free will. It is often proposed that by investigating the former, we can find a way of judging when an action is voluntary. Haggard seems to be one of the authors believing so. To answer if this assumption is correct, I will: 1) analyse the categories of free will and agency; 2) define the sense of agency; 3) describe ways of investigating the sense of agency; 4) describe models of emergence of the sense of agency; 5) analyse the relation between agency and responsibility. I will end by discussing the actual possibility of using the sense of agency measurements (as described in experimental sciences) as markers of free will.https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2019-0019sense of agencysense of ownershipfree willresponsibility |
| spellingShingle | Balcerak Paweł Can the Sense of Agency Be a Marker of Free Will? Studia Humana sense of agency sense of ownership free will responsibility |
| title | Can the Sense of Agency Be a Marker of Free Will? |
| title_full | Can the Sense of Agency Be a Marker of Free Will? |
| title_fullStr | Can the Sense of Agency Be a Marker of Free Will? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can the Sense of Agency Be a Marker of Free Will? |
| title_short | Can the Sense of Agency Be a Marker of Free Will? |
| title_sort | can the sense of agency be a marker of free will |
| topic | sense of agency sense of ownership free will responsibility |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2019-0019 |
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