Peter Tse boldly attacks the problem of how conscious thoughts can influence the world. His book is not a repetition of eristic yet ultimately tired logical arguments dating back to the ancient Greeks. It's a breath of fresh air, examining the biophysics of synapses and neurons, to offer a testable hypothesis of how the mental causes the physical.
Christof Koch, chief scientific officer, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle; author of Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist
Peter Tse gives us a full frontal assault on the neuroscience of the will. He brings in the relevant science and shows how mental causation is neuronal causation—detailing where, how, and why it happens. A fascinating read for serious neuroscientists and philosophers.
Patrick Cavanagh, Professeur des universités, Université Paris Descartes, and Research Professor, Harvard University and Dartmouth College
This book is a fascinating, philosophically informed exploration of the neural underpinnings of mental causation, mental representation, consciousness, and free will. Tse's approach is tough-minded, open-minded, and refreshing. We've heard from several neuroscientists recently that free will is an illusion. Tse ably defends an opposing view.
Alfred Mele, Department of Philosophy, Florida State University
... a groundbreaking new paradigm about how the mind works.
New York Journal of Books
I love Tse's book. It has literally set me free. It explains these ideas in full glory, in exquisite detail...
Stephen Macknik
Scientific American