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I am sure there are out there some better books on the subject! Or there will soon be. It's scientifically and philosophically mind-bending. Even though after reading this book, it seems the author's conclusions are pretty standard and common sense yet the conflict between dualists and monists still exists at large. Either you believe in free will or you don't, there is no middle ground. Even with science coming fast and proving that everything can be explained in physical terms, lately, it seems that true uncertainty is real. And free will is both real and an illusion. It can be explained mathematically but it's still random and hard to classify.
I am already talking about the end of the book but the author makes a tremendously good job in presenting the history of biology, economics, and philosophy, sciences that concerned themselves with the study of human mind and behavior. Except for one chapter about the author's research which felt out of place and pretty difficult to understand if you're not a neurobiologist, everything else is interesting and easy to grasp.
The future of human behavior should continue on these bases. And we should remove reflex from our vocabulary, it's a theory that is outdated but unfortunately, it will stick around because it's easy to demonstrate and explain. Even though it's not correct for our knowledge and technology.
I am sure there are out there some better books on the subject! Or there will soon be. It's scientifically and philosophically mind-bending. Even though after reading this book, it seems the author's conclusions are pretty standard and common sense yet the conflict between dualists and monists still exists at large. Either you believe in free will or you don't, there is no middle ground. Even with science coming fast and proving that everything can be explained in physical terms, lately, it seems that true uncertainty is real. And free will is both real and an illusion. It can be explained mathematically but it's still random and hard to classify.
I am already talking about the end of the book but the author makes a tremendously good job in presenting the history of biology, economics, and philosophy, sciences that concerned themselves with the study of human mind and behavior. Except for one chapter about the author's research which felt out of place and pretty difficult to understand if you're not a neurobiologist, everything else is interesting and easy to grasp.
The future of human behavior should continue on these bases. And we should remove reflex from our vocabulary, it's a theory that is outdated but unfortunately, it will stick around because it's easy to demonstrate and explain. Even though it's not correct for our knowledge and technology.
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