The Thomistic Institute

Neuroscience and Human Freedom | Prof. James Madden

Mar 15, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
The Discovery of the Ready Potential
02:47 • 3min
3
The Libet-Style Experiments and the Neuro-Skeptical Philosophers
05:32 • 3min
4
Why Do You Tap Your Finger?
08:17 • 3min
5
Why Does Cormac's Early Departure Matter?
11:23 • 2min
6
Leave It Style Experiments - Why Conscious Vocations Are at the Phenomenal
13:08 • 3min
7
Ethically Significant Actions
15:47 • 3min
8
Ethically Significant Decisions
18:33 • 2min
9
Morally Significant Actions Are Not Consciously Transparent
21:02 • 4min
10
Why Reason Sensitivity Is Mostly Retrospective
24:43 • 2min
11
Ethically Significant Actions Are Not Arbitrary
26:29 • 4min
12
Why Do We Act the Way We Do?
30:13 • 2min
13
We Humans Are Not Just Robots
31:51 • 3min
14
Aristotle's Definition of Freedom
34:30 • 2min
15
Aristotle's Principle of Responsibility Is Central to Human Happiness
36:36 • 3min
16
Are We Responsible to Our Form of Life?
39:39 • 2min
17
The Three-Focused Responsibility Conditions for Freedom
42:02 • 2min
18
Is There a Meaningful Concept of Human Freedom?
43:54 • 2min
19
Compatibility Is the Absolute Wrong Way to Think About Our Actions
46:08 • 2min
20
The Free Will Debate in Contemporary Philosophy Is Missing the Point
47:44 • 2min
21
Why We Shouldn't Make Decisions Like That, Right?
49:45 • 2min