Determined a science of life without free will

"One of our great behavioral scientists plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences. Robert Sapolsky's "Behave," his now classic account of why humans do good and why they do bad, pointed tow...

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Main Author: Sapolsky, Robert M. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2023.
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Table of Contents:
  • Turtles all the way down
  • The final three minutes of a movie
  • Where does intent come from?
  • Willing willpower : the myth of grit
  • A primer on chaos
  • Is your free will chaotic?
  • A primer on emergent complexity
  • Does your free will just emerge?
  • A primer on quantum indeterminacy
  • Is your free will random?
  • Interlude
  • Will we run Amok?
  • The ancient gears within us : how does change happen?
  • We really have done this before
  • The joy of punishment
  • If you die poor.