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Freedom of Action in Mechanistic Universe
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Mackay as mentioned in this paper argued that even if the human brain turns out to be machine-like in all its functions, the reality of freedom of action and "the claims regarding our inner nature and significance and destiny" would remain unaffected.Abstract:
D. M. Mackay London: Cambridge University Press. 1967 Pp. 40. Price 5s. This Eddington Memorial Lecture of November 1967 is well argued and stimulating. It purports to establish that, even if the human brain turns out to be machine-like in all its functions, the reality of freedom of action and "the claims regarding our inner nature and significance and destiny" would remain unaffected.read more
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The Illusion of Conscious Will
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