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Nature 459, 164-165 (14 May 2009) | doi:10.1038/459164a; Published online 13 May 2009
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Is free will an illusion?
See associated Correspondence: Doyle, Nature 459, 1052 (June 2009)Vermeersch, Nature 459, 1052 - 1053 (June 2009)
Martin Heisenberg1
- Martin Heisenberg is professor emeritus in the department of biology at the University of Würzburg, Germany.
Email: heisenberg@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
Abstract
Scientists and philosophers are using new discoveries in neuroscience to question the idea of free will. They are misguided, says Martin Heisenberg. Examining animal behaviour shows how our actions can be free.
Our influence on the future is something we take for granted as much as breathing. We accept that what will be is not yet determined, and that we can steer the course of events in one direction or another.
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