Is free will an illusion?

Martin Heisenberg
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Martin Heisenberg: Germany. heisenberg@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de

Nature, 2009, vol. 459, issue 7244, 164-165

Abstract: Scientists and philosophers are using new discoveries in neuroscience to question the idea of free will. They are misguided, says Martin Heisenberg. Examining animal behaviour shows how our actions can be free.

Date: 2009
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