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Thalia Wheatley

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The Illusion of Conscious Will

The MIT Press September 20, 2018 Daniel M. Wegner, Daniel Gilbert, Thalia Wheatley

Do we consciously cause our actions, or do they happen to us? Philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, theologians, and lawyers have long debated the existence of free will versus determinism. The first edition of this book proposed an innovative and provocative answer: the feeling of conscious will is created by the mind and brain; it helps us to appreciate and remember our authorship of...