The Case Against Free Will

What a Quiet Revolution in Psychology has Revealed about How Behaviour is Determined

David Lieberman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

198 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-34524-0 (ISBN)

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Do judges' decisions depend on how long it is since they ate their lunch? Is the best place for a woman to seduce a man on a rickety bridge? Does free will really exist? This book explores how our genes and experiences determine our behaviour as well as discussing the implications determinism may have on personal responsibility and morality.

David Lieberman taught at the University of Illinois, USA, where he was voted the most stimulating teacher in Psychology, and then at the University of Stirling, UK. He is the author of seven textbooks, and served on the Science and Engineering Research Council and as Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.

Prologue PART I: EVIDENCE 1. Sex and Violence 2. Childhood Genes 3. Childhood: Environment 4. Behaviour Must Be Lawful PART II: BUT...? 5. The Feeling of Freedom: Unconscious Associations 6. The Feeling of Freedom: Making Decisions and Solving Problems 7. Does Determinism Mean We Are Helpless? Would It Destroy Morality?

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.10.2015
Zusatzinfo	IX, 198 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-137-34524-1 / 1137345241
ISBN-13	978-1-137-34524-0 / 9781137345240
Zustand	Neuware