Neuroscientific Prediction and the Intrusion of Intuitive Metaphysics

David Rose; Wesley Buckwalter; Shaun Nichols

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Neuroscientific Prediction and the Intrusion of Intuitive Metaphysics

David Rose, Wesley Buckwalter, Shaun Nichols

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How might advanced neuroscience—in which perfect neuro-predictions are possible—interact with ordinary judgments of free will? We propose that peoples' intuitive ideas about indeterminist free will are both imported into and intrude into their representation of neuroscientific scenarios and present six experiments demonstrating intrusion and importing effects in the context of scenarios depicting perfect neuro-prediction. In light of our findings, we suggest that the intuitive commitment to indeterminist free will may be resilient in the face of scientific evidence against such free will.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	482-502
Number of pages	21
Journal	Cognitive science
Volume	41
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12310
State	Published - Mar 1 2017

Keywords

Compatibilism
Cultural transmission
Free will
Importing
Intrusion effect
Neuroscience

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Artificial Intelligence

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