Timeline for answer to Philosophical assessment of Wegner's "The Illusion of Conscious Will" by user4112
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| Jul 23, 2013 at 18:11 | comment | added | Joseph O'Rourke | @Ricardo: I am not sure that he does see will as a causal force. He views unconscious forces as the causal link, and our sense of will a reaction to those unconscious forces. Or so I remember... | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 18:08 | comment | added | Annotations | @JosephO'Rourke Why Wegner see will as a causal force if it isn't necessarily conscious, is beyond me. If will isn't conscious it isn't will. | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 16:18 | comment | added | Joseph O'Rourke | Not addressing either this answer or the comment directly, let me mention that one point Wegner concedes is that our sense that we have willed an action is a strong (but not infallible) indicator that we were in fact the agent of that action. | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 15:30 | comment | added | Annotations | @JosephO'Rourke, The argument of user4112 is: There is no evidence against that certain brain processes have the property of being consciously represented to the agent as mental states we describe as beliefs, desires, intentions and actions. If these processes did not have their representational properties then they would not have the causal powers they have. Hence my conscious experiences have important causal influences. Sorry, but why this argument can not be accused of "argument from Ignorance" and "begging the question" fallacies? | |
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| Jul 23, 2013 at 8:26 | history | answered | user4112 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |