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Is free will an illusion?

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  • Martin Heisenberg

    (Germany. heisenberg@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de)

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Scientists and philosophers are using new discoveries in neuroscience to question the idea of free will. They are misguided, says Martin Heisenberg. Examining animal behaviour shows how our actions can be free.

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  • Martin Heisenberg, 2009. "Is free will an illusion?," Nature, Nature, vol. 459(7244), pages 164-165, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:459:y:2009:i:7244:d:10.1038_459164a
    DOI: 10.1038/459164a
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    1. Paola Manzini & Marco Mariotti, 2014. "Stochastic Choice and Consideration Sets," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 82(3), pages 1153-1176, May.
    2. Hashim Hanaan & Srikanth Radhakrishna, 2015. "The Concept of Free Will as an Infinite Metatheoretic Recursion," Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, Croatian Interdisciplinary Society Provider Homepage: http://indecs.eu, vol. 13(3), pages 354-366.
    3. repec:zna:indecs:v:13:y:2015:i:2:p:354-366 is not listed on IDEAS
    4. Paola Manzini & Marco Mariotti, 2014. "Stochastic Choice and Consideration Sets," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 82(3), pages 1153-1176, May.
    5. Kin Fai Ellick Wong & Cecilia Cheng, 2013. "Predictable or Not? Individuals’ Risk Decisions Do Not Necessarily Predict Their Next Ones," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(2), pages 1-5, February.

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