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Human Agency and Neural Causes

Philosophy of Action and the Neuroscience of Voluntary Agency

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  1. J. D. Runyan

    1. Indiana Wesleyan University, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • J. D. Runyan
    Pages 1-15

  3. Libet-Style Experiments and Volitions

    • J. D. Runyan
    Pages 16-44

  4. The Need for an Analysis of Human Agency

    • J. D. Runyan
    Pages 45-56

  5. An Aristotelian Account of Human Agency

    • J. D. Runyan
    Pages 57-85

  6. Compatibilist Concerns

    • J. D. Runyan
    Pages 86-102

  7. Choices and Voluntary Conduct

    • J. D. Runyan
    Pages 103-125

  8. Neuronal Mechanisms and Voluntary Agency

    • J. D. Runyan
    Pages 126-165

  9. A Metaphysical Framework: Voluntary Agency, Emergence and Downward Causation

    • J. D. Runyan
    Pages 166-192

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 193-232
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About this book

Human Agency and Neural Causes provides an analysis of our everyday thought about our conduct, and the neuroscience research concerning voluntary agency. J.D. Runyan argues that our findings through neuroscience are consistent with what would be expected if we are, in fact, voluntary agents.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Indiana Wesleyan University, USA

    J. D. Runyan

About the author

J. D. Runyan is Associate Professor of Neuropsychology at Indiana Wesleyan University, USA. He performed graduate research in neuroscience at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, USA, before completing a doctorate at the University of Oxford, UK. His research spans neuroscience, psychology, and philosophical psychology.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Agency and Neural Causes

  • Book Subtitle: Philosophy of Action and the Neuroscience of Voluntary Agency

  • Authors: J. D. Runyan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137329493

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-32948-6Published: 08 November 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-46060-1Published: 08 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-32949-3Published: 08 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 232

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, Neuropsychology, Experimental Psychology

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