Belief in Free Will Relates to Attributions of Intentionality and Judgments of Responsibility
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Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Free Will and Responsibility. ed. / Thomas Nadelhoffer; Andrew Monroe. London,: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. p. 13-26 (Advances in Experimental Philosophy).
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T1 - Belief in Free Will Relates to Attributions of Intentionality and Judgments of Responsibility
AU - Genschow, Oliver
AU - Brass, Marcel
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - Oliver Genschow Marcel Brass Free will is a cornerstone of our society and relates to nearly everything we care about. The most prominent example in this respect may be our legal system in which punishment strongly depends on the degree to which a person acted “freely” (e. g. , Newman & Weitzer, 1956) . Thus, not surprisingly, across cultures (Sarkissian et al. , 2010) and ages (Nichols, 2004) , most people believe that they have free will (see also Baumeister et al. , 2009; Nahmias et al. , 2005) . At the same time, there is a long-standing philosophical debate about whether free will actually exists (e. g. , Dennett, 2015; Van Inwagen, 1983) . In the last few decades, prominent voices in cognitive neuroscience and psychology have entered this debate by claiming that free will is nothing more than an illusion (e. g. , Crick, 1994; Harris, 2012; Wegner,...
AB - Oliver Genschow Marcel Brass Free will is a cornerstone of our society and relates to nearly everything we care about. The most prominent example in this respect may be our legal system in which punishment strongly depends on the degree to which a person acted “freely” (e. g. , Newman & Weitzer, 1956) . Thus, not surprisingly, across cultures (Sarkissian et al. , 2010) and ages (Nichols, 2004) , most people believe that they have free will (see also Baumeister et al. , 2009; Nahmias et al. , 2005) . At the same time, there is a long-standing philosophical debate about whether free will actually exists (e. g. , Dennett, 2015; Van Inwagen, 1983) . In the last few decades, prominent voices in cognitive neuroscience and psychology have entered this debate by claiming that free will is nothing more than an illusion (e. g. , Crick, 1994; Harris, 2012; Wegner,...
KW - Psychology
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/1e8d0fe3-a749-3d82-82c2-a256287dacc3/
U2 - 10.5040/9781350188112.ch-001
DO - 10.5040/9781350188112.ch-001
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-1-3501-8808-2
T3 - Advances in Experimental Philosophy
SP - 13
EP - 26
BT - Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Free Will and Responsibility
A2 - Nadelhoffer, Thomas
A2 - Monroe, Andrew
PB - Bloomsbury Academic
CY - London,
ER -