Neuronal function is necessary but not sufficient for consciousness: Consciousness is necessary for will

Behavioural neuroscience has presented philosophers with the task of clarifying the relationship between neural determinism and free will. If neural functions encode information and govern decision-making, are the constructs of will, agency and indeed morality illusions of pre-scientific ignorance?...

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Main Authors: David eNussbaum, Khadija eIbrahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnint.2012.00103/full