Michael Egnor: Free Will or Free Won't?

Episode 72 March 05, 2020 00:15:36
Michael Egnor: Free Will or Free Won't?
Mind Matters
Michael Egnor: Free Will or Free Won't?

Mar 05 2020 | 00:15:36

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Show Notes

There have been ongoing philosophical and theological arguments about free will vs. predestination. How do experiments on the human brain inform us on this question? Robert J. Marks discusses free will, free won’t, predestination, and the brain with Dr. Michael Egnor. Show Notes 00:40 | Introducing Dr. Michael Egnor, Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at State University of New York, Stony Brook 01:04 | Free will vs. predestination 01:49 | The research of Benjamin Libet 07:07 | Overcoming addictions 08:01 | Rewiring your brain 09:13 | Hebb’s Law 10:00 | The misrepresentation of Benjamin Libet’s experiments 11:44 | Reproducing Benjamin Read More ›

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