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The Godfather of soul

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

Jesse Preston,
Kurt Gray and
Daniel M. Wegner
Jesse Preston*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/%7Ekurtgray/
Kurt Gray*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~wegner/
Daniel M. Wegner*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~wegner/
*
jpresto@uwo.ca
kurtgray@fas.harvard.edu
wegner@wgh.harvard.edu
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Abstract:

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An important component of souls is the capacity for free will, as the origin of agency within an individual. Belief in souls arises in part from the experience of conscious will, a compelling feeling of personal causation that accompanies almost every action we take, and suggests that an immaterial self is in charge of the physical body.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , October 2006, pp. 482 - 483
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006