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Intrusive Thinking

From Molecules to Free Will

Edited by Peter W. Kalivas and Martin P. Paulus

ISBN: 9780262542371

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 2, 2021

An exploration of the neurological and behavioral mechanisms and processes involved in intrusive thinking.

Recommendation Engines

by Michael Schrage

ISBN: 9780262539074

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 1, 2020

How companies like Amazon and Netflix know what “you might also like”: the history, technology, business, and social impact of online recommendation engines.

The Illusion of Conscious Will, New Edition

The Illusion of Conscious Will

by Daniel M. Wegner

Foreword by Daniel Gilbert

Introduction by Thalia Wheatley

ISBN: 9780262534925

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: December 22, 2017

A new edition of Wegner's classic and controversial work, arguing that conscious will simply reminds of us the authorship of our actions.

Brainstorms, Fortieth Anniversary Edition

Brainstorms

Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology

by Daniel C. Dennett

ISBN: 9780262534383

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: December 15, 2017

An anniversary edition of a classic in cognitive science, with a new introduction by the author.

Elbow Room, new edition

Elbow Room

The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting

by Daniel C. Dennett

ISBN: 9780262527798

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 7, 2015

A landmark book in the debate over free will that makes the case for compatibilism.

Free Will

by Mark Balaguer

ISBN: 9780262525794

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 14, 2014

A philosopher considers whether the scientific and philosophical arguments against free will are reason enough to give up our belief in it.

Free Will as an Open Scientific Problem

by Mark Balaguer

ISBN: 9780262517249

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 13, 2012

An argument that the problem of free will boils down to an open scientific question about the causal histories of certain kinds of neural events.

Addiction and Responsibility

Edited by Jeffrey Poland and George Graham

ISBN: 9780262015509

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 13, 2011

The intertwining of addiction and responsibility in personal, philosophical, legal, research, and clinical contexts.

Distributed Cognition and the Will

Individual Volition and Social Context

Edited by Don Ross, David Spurrett, Harold Kincaid and G. Lynn Stephens

Introduction by Don Ross

ISBN: 9780262681698

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: July 27, 2007

Philosophers and behavioral scientists discuss what, if anything, of the traditional concept of individual conscious will can survive recent scientific discoveries that human decision-making is distributed across different brain processes and through the social environment.

Freedom and Determinism

Edited by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke and David Shier

ISBN: 9780262532570

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: June 4, 2004

This collection of contemporary essays by prominent contemporary thinkers on the topics of determinism and free agency concentrates primarily on two areas: the compatibility problem and the metaphysics...

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