Psychology and Free Will: A Commentary

Are We Free?: Psychology and Free Will

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mele, Alfred R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benjamin libet; Consciousness; Daniel wegner; Determinism; Laws of nature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920406948     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195189636.003.0018     Document Type: Note

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