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Can non-random collapses of the wavefunction enable libertarian free will?

Yair Pinto

Dr

University of Amsterdam

Schedule
Thursday, June 24, 2021

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Friday, June 25, 2021

9:00 AM Australia/Melbourne

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Host: Asia Pacific Consciousness Network

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Neuroscience

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Asia Pacific Consciousness Network

Duration

60 minutes

Abstract

Agent-causal libertarian free will asserts that the conscious agent is the ultimate cause of her own voluntary behavior. A major reason to reject libertarian free will is that it seems incompatible with our current knowledge of physics. In this talk I will argue how quantum processes, specifically non-random collapses of the wavefunction in the human cortex, may enable libertarian free will. I will discuss how this account can be empirically tested.

Topics

agent-causalconscious agentempirical testingfree willhuman cortexlibertarian free willquantumquantum processesvoluntary behaviourwavefunction collapse

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Yair Pinto

Dr

University of Amsterdam

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