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In daily life we take it for granted that our minds have conscious control of our actions, at least for most of the time. But many scientists and philosophers deny that this is really the case, because there is no generally accepted theory of how the mind interacts with the body. Max Velmans presents a non-reductive solution to the problem, in which 'conscious mental control' includes 'voluntary' operations of the preconscious mind. On this account, biological determinism is compatible with experienced free will. Velmans' theory is put to the test by nine critics: Ron Chrisley, Todd Feinberg, Jeffrey Gray, John Kihlstrom, Sam Rakover, Ramakrishna Rao, Aaron Sloman, Steve Torrance and Robert Van Gulick.
Contents
How Could Conscious Experiences Affect Brains? by Max Velmans Peer Commentary =============== The Seductions of Materialism and the Pleasures of Dualism, by John F. Kihlstrom Mental Causation: Facing Up to Ontological Subjectivity, by Todd E. Feinberg The Diffident Physicalist Speaks Out, by Steve Torrance Non-reduction, Consciousness and Physical Causation, by Robert Van Gulick It's Time to Move On from Philosophy to Science, by Jeffrey Gray Scientific Rules of the Game and the Mind/Body: A Critique Based On the Theory of Measurement, by Sam S. Rakover How Velmans' Conscious Experiences Affected Our Brains, by Ron Chrisley and Aaron Sloman Bridging Eastern and Western Perspectives On Consciousness, by K. Ramakrishna Rao Response to Commentaries ======================== Making Sense of Causal Interactions Between Consciousness and Brain, by Max Velmans List of Contributors
