The Importance of Free Will

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I want to get more attention focused on the issues that I think are really relevant. Those have to do with how we understand the mind-body relationship, how we understand mental causation and what psychology tells us about the causes of our action. That's why I'm interested in neuroethics and neuro law. We're only going to get people to care... Well, I mean, so to shift attention to that problem, I think requires showing two things. One, that determinism is irrelevant. Two, that neuroscience can't be used as a basis for free will.

Our streak of very special guests continues! Philosopher Eddy Nahmias joins the podcast to us why people mistakenly think they're not morally responsible, and how his new study casts doubt on Sam Harris's "pamphlet" on free will. Eddy also describes his new project (with Toni Adleberg and Morgan Thompson) on why women leave philosophy. Plus Dave and I discuss some reasons for having children, and eat a little Partially Examined Life crow.

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"Name five women in philosophy. Bet you can't." Tania Lombrozo, [npr.og]

"Do Women Have Different Philosophical Intuitions than Men?" Eddy Nahmias (philosophyofbrains.com)

"Is Neuroscience the Death of Free Will?' Eddy Nahmias. [nytimes.com]

Eddy on Bypassing [agencyandresponsbility.typepad.com]

Edd trashing Tamler's Book [agencyandresponsbility.typepad.com]

Special Guest: Eddy Nahmias.

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