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G. Lynn Stephens

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Commentary on "Free Will in the Light of Neuropsychiatry"

Philosophy, psychiatry & psychology June 1, 1996 G. Lynn Stephens 2 citations

Commentary on “Free Will in the Light of Neuropsychiatry” G. Lynn Stephens (bio) A necessary condition of our having free will is that we initiate some of our actions by our own will or decision. Spence argues that, in light of certain empirical findings, we can accept that willing causes action, only if we acknowledge that willing is a non-conscious phenomenon. “If the notion of free will is...