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Has Neuroscience Debunked Free Will?: Response to Robert Sapolsky
Has Neuroscience Debunked Free Will?: Response to Robert Sapolsky
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Jul 1, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
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.
The podcast premiered on June 27, 2024. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Watch archived podcasts here.
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.
The podcast premiered on June 27, 2024. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Watch archived podcasts here.
Released:
Jul 1, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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