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Conscious will and agent causation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2005

G. E. Zuriff
G. E. Zuriff*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 02766
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Gerald.Zuriff@verizon.net
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Abstract:

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Wegner (2002) fails to (1) distinguish conscious will and voluntariness; (2) account for everyday willed acts; and (3) individuate thoughts and acts. Wegner incorrectly implies that (4) we experience acts as willed only when they are caused by unwilled thoughts; (5) thoughts are never true causes of actions; and (6) we experience ourselves as first performing mental acts which then cause our intentional actions.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 5 , October 2004 , pp. 678 - 679
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004