How Long to Read Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will

How Long Does it Take to Read Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 52 minutes to read Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will by Nancey Murphy

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Description

How is free will possible in the light of the physical and chemical underpinnings of brain activity and recent neurobiological experiments? How can the emergence of complexity in hierarchical systems such as the brain, based at the lower levels in physical interactions, lead to something like genuine free will? The nature of our understanding of free will in the light of present-day neuroscience is becoming increasingly important because of remarkable discoveries on the topic being made by neuroscientists at the present time, on the one hand, and its crucial importance for the way we view ourselves as human beings, on the other. A key tool in understanding how free will may arise in this context is the idea of downward causation in complex systems, happening coterminously with bottom up causation, to form an integral whole. Top-down causation is usually neglected, and is therefore emphasized in the other part of the book’s title. The concept is explored in depth, as are the ethical and legal implications of our understanding of free will. This book arises out of a workshop held in California in April of 2007, which was chaired by Dr. Christof Koch. It was unusual in terms of the breadth of people involved: they included physicists, neuroscientists, psychiatrists, philosophers, and theologians. This enabled the meeting, and hence the resulting book, to attain a rather broader perspective on the issue than is often attained at academic symposia. The book includes contributions by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, George F. R. Ellis , Christopher D. Frith, Mark Hallett, David Hodgson, Owen D. Jones, Alicia Juarrero, J. A. Scott Kelso, Christof Koch, Hans Küng, Hakwan C. Lau, Dean Mobbs, Nancey Murphy, William Newsome, Timothy O’Connor, Sean A.. Spence, and Evan Thompson.

How long is Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will?

Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will by Nancey Murphy is 286 pages long, and a total of 73,216 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will aloud.

What Reading Level is Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will?

Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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