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In 1983 the neuroscientist Benjamin Libet reported that a slow buildup of brain activity begins a fraction of a second before people feel they have decided to move. Headlines have been announcing the death of free will ever since. Are they right? Not so fast, and this course shows why.

Along the way you meet Descartes and the princess who asked him the awkward question, Nagel's bat, Mary in her black-and-white room, a teleporter that may or may not kill you, and a man shuffling Chinese symbols he cannot read. Each one presses on what a mind is, and on what we owe one another when we praise and blame.

Levels

  1. 1 1. The Mind-Body Problem 5-question quiz
  2. 2 2. Consciousness and the Hard Problem 5-question quiz
  3. 3 3. Personal Identity 5-question quiz
  4. 4 4. Determinism and Free Will 5-question quiz
  5. 5 5. Neuroscience and Free Will 5-question quiz
  6. 6 6. Moral Responsibility and Blame 5-question quiz
  7. 7 7. Minds Beyond Humans 5-question quiz
  8. 8 8. Living with the Questions 5-question quiz

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