Did my neurons make me do it?: philosophical and neurobiological perspectives on moral responsibility and free will
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Oxford ; New York
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Oxford University Press
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2010
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xviii, 334 p.: ill.; 24 cm
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Originally published: 2007
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Includes bibliographical references )p. ]309[-321( and index
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Nancey Murphy and Warren S. Brown
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Introduction: New approaches to knotty old problems -- Avoiding Cartesian materialism -- From causal reductionism to self-directed systems -- From mindless to intelligent action -- How can neural nets mean? -- How does reason get its grip on the brain? -- Who's responsible? -- Neurobiological reductionism and free will