TY - BOOK AU - Suarez,Antoine AU - Adams,Peter ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Is Science Compatible with Free Will?: Exploring Free Will and Consciousness in the Light of Quantum Physics and Neuroscience SN - 9781461452126 AV - BF201 U1 - 153 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York, NY PB - Springer New York, Imprint: Springer KW - Cognitive psychology KW - Philosophy and science KW - Neurosciences KW - Cognitive Psychology KW - Philosophy of Science N2 - There is a perceived conflict within the scientific community between the conviction that a human being has free will on one hand, and deterministic physics and neuroscience on the other. When faced with this conflict, two alternative positions are possible: either human freedom is an illusion, or deterministic science is not the last word on the brain and will eventually be superseded by a neuroscience that admits processes not completely determined by the past. Is Science Compatible with Free Will? investigates whether it is possible to have a science in which there is room for human freedom. The authors present perspectives coming from different disciplines (Quantum physics, Neuroscience, Economics, Philosophy) and range from those focusing on the scientific background, to those highlighting rather more a philosophical analysis. However, all chapters share a common characteristic: they take current scientific observations and data as a basis from which to draw philosophical implications. It is these features that make this volume unique, an exceptional interdisciplinary approach combining scientific strength and philosophical profundity. Is Science Compatible with Free Will? strongly stimulates the debate and contributes to new insights in the mind-brain relationship.   UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5212-6 ER -