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Has Neuroscience Debunked Free Will?: Response to Robert Sapolsky

Has Neuroscience Debunked Free Will?: Response to Robert Sapolsky

FromNew Ideal, from the Ayn Rand Institute


Has Neuroscience Debunked Free Will?: Response to Robert Sapolsky

FromNew Ideal, from the Ayn Rand Institute

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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Jul 1, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEKVbWwlqhM




Podcast audio:







In this episode of New Ideal, Mike Mazza responds to an episode of Neil deGrasse Tyson's StarTalk, in which neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky argues against the existence of free will.



Among the topics covered:




The meaning and stakes of the free will debate;



Why determinists are wrong to focus on atomistic choices about preferences:



How free will is established philosophically and presupposed by science.




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Released:
Jul 1, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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The New Ideal Podcast features a curated selection of content from the pages of New Ideal, the journal of the Ayn Rand Institute. At New Ideal, we explore pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Rand’s philosophy: Objectivism, which upholds the ideals of reason, individualism and Capitalism.