Stoicism, mindfulness, and the brain: the empirical foundations of second-order desires.
Frontiers in Psychology 2025 Marc Wittmann, Carlos Montemayor, Mauro Dorato 1 citation
Building on the Stoic notion of self-regulation, we explore philosophical conceptualizations in relation to empirical evidence from psychology and cognitive neuroscience. We challenge the mainstream account that dismisses the possibility of free will based on contemporary scientific findings. Instead, we argue that these findings actually support and refine the Stoic view of free will,...