Decomposing the will

edited by Andy Clark, Julian Kiverstein, and Tillmann Vierkant

There is growing evidence from the science of human behavior that our everyday, folk understanding of ourselves as conscious, rational, responsible agents may be radically mistaken. The science, some argue, recommends a view of conscious agency as merely epiphenomenal: an impotent accompaniment to the whirring unconscious machinery (the inner zombie) that prepares, decides and causes our behavior. The new essays in this volume display and explore this radical claim, revisiting the folk concept of the responsible agent after abandoning the image of a central executive, and "decomposing" the notion of the conscious will into multiple interlocking aspects and functions. Part 1 of this volume provides an overview of the scientific research that has been taken to support "the zombie challenge." In part 2, contributors explore the phenomenology of agency and what it is like to be the author of one's own actions. Part 3 then explores different strategies for using the science and phenomenology of human agency to respond to the zombie challenge. Questions explored include: what distinguishes automatic behavior and voluntary action? What, if anything, does consciousness contribute to the voluntary control of behavior? What does the science of human behavior really tell us about the nature of self-control?

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[目次]

  • CHAPTER 1
  • INTRODUCTION
  • TILLMANN VIERKANT, JULIAN KIVERSTEIN, AND ANDY CLARK
  • PART I: THE ZOMBIE CHALLENGE
  • CHAPTER 2
  • THE NEUROSCIENCE OF VOLITION
  • ADINA L. ROSKIES
  • CHAPTER 3
  • BEYOND LIBET: LONG-TERM PREDICTION OF FREE CHOICES FROM NEUROIMAGING SIGNALS
  • JOHN-DYLAN HAYNES
  • CHAPTER 4
  • VETOING AND CONSCIOUSNESS
  • ALFRED R. MELE
  • CHAPTER 5
  • DETERMINISM & PREDICTABILITY
  • RICHARD HOLTON
  • PART II: THE SENSE OF AGENCY
  • CHAPTER 6
  • FROM THE FACT TO THE SENSE OF AGENCY
  • MANOS TSAKIRIS AND AIKATERINI FOTOPOULOU
  • CHAPTER 7
  • AMBIGUITY IN THE SENSE OF AGENCY
  • SHAUN GALLAGHER
  • CHAPTER 8
  • THERE'S NOTHING LIFE BEING FREE: DEFAULT DISPOSITIONS, JUDGMENTS OF FREEDOM, AND THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF COERCION
  • FABIO PAGLIERI
  • CHAPTER 9
  • AGENCY AS A MARKER OF CONSCIOUSNESS
  • TIM BAYNE
  • PART III: THE FUNCTION OF CONSCIOUS CONTROL: CONFLICT RESOLUTION, EMOTION, AND MENTAL ACTIONS
  • CHAPTER 10
  • VOLUNTARY ACTION AND THE THREE FORMS OF BINDING IN THE BRAIN
  • EZEQUIEL MORSELLA, TARA C. DENNEHY, AND JOHN A. BARGH
  • CHAPTER 11
  • EMOTION REGULATION AND FREE WILL
  • NICO H. FRIJDA
  • CHAPTER 12
  • ACTION CONTROL BY IMPLEMENTATION INTENTIONS: THE ROLE OF DISCRETE EMOTIONS
  • SAM J. MAGLIO, PETER M. GOLLWITZER, AND GABRIELE OETTINGEN
  • CHAPTER 13
  • MENTAL ACTION AND THE THREAT OF AUTOMATICITY
  • WAYNE WU
  • CHAPTER 14
  • MENTAL ACTS AS NATURAL KINDS
  • JOELLE PROUST
  • PART IV: DECOMPOSED ACCOUNTS OF THE WILL
  • CHAPTER 15
  • MANAGERIAL CONTROL AND FREE MENTAL AGENCY
  • TILLMANN VIERKANT
  • CHAPTER 16
  • RECOMPOSING THE WILL: DISTRIBUTED MOTIVATION AND COMPUTER MEDIATED EXTROSPECTION
  • LARS HALL AND PETTER JOHANSSON
  • CHAPTER 17
  • SITUATIONISM AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY: FREE WILL IN FRAGMENTS
  • MANUEL VARGAS

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書名 Decomposing the will
著作者等 Clark, Andy
Kiverstein, Julian
Vierkant, Till
Vierkant Tillmann
シリーズ名 Philosophy of mind series
出版元 Oxford University Press
刊行年月 c2013
ページ数 x, 356 p.
大きさ 25 cm
ISBN 9780199746996
NCID BB12439410
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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