Prof. Daniel Dennett - Is Science Showing that we don't have

Prof. Daniel Dennett - Is Science Showing that we don't have Free Will?

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Daniel C. Dennett, Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University, presents the Enlightenment lecture "Is Science Showing That We Don't Have Free Will?". In his lecture, Professor Daniel Dennett discusses some of the current work in psychology bearing on this question. He also drew on Hume, Darwin and Turing, three Enlightenment heroes. Part of the University of Edinburgh's Enlightenment Lecture Series. Recorded on 27 June 2007.

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