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O pewnej anomalii w ludzkim działaniu. Wolna wola w epoce znaturalizowanej świadomości
Free Will: an Anomaly in Human Action

Author(s): Maja Kittel
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Cognitive Science

Summary/Abstract: Free will has never been a particularly atractive notion, but currently it has found itself under a particularly vicious attack coming from the natural sciences’ camp. It is claimed that this attack could be prevented if we could reject the tacit assumption that free will is a common, everyday phenomenon. Four important components of the concept of free will are distinguished and it is argued that if we conceive of free will as of an anomaly, or even a kind of a “natural miracle,” it would become possible to defend it. In the process, we can also gain better insight into what free will in fact is.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 99-106
  • Page Count: 1
  • Language: Polish