Libet-Style Experiments, Neuroscience, and Libertarian Free Will

Marcelo Fischborn (Federal University of Santa Maria)

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Abstract: People have disagreed on the significance of Libet-style experiments for discussions about free will. In what specifically concerns free will in a libertarian sense, some argue that Libet-style experiments pose a threat to its existence by providing support to the claim that decisions are determined by unconscious brain events. Others disagree by claiming that determinism, in a sense that conflicts with libertarian free will, cannot be established by Continue reading Libet-Style Experiments, Neuroscience, and Libertarian Free Will