Saturday, October 25, 2008
Dennett on 300ms moral void
There are a number of experiments done by neuropsychologist Libet that indicates that our behavior is governed by unconscious processes that take place long before our consciousness is even aware that we have made such a decision. Dennett's counterpoint to this allegation is to simply state that Libet is still fixated on cartesian notion of what consciousness is. If we conceive of consciousness as being spread all over the brain and include unconscious processes as part of ourseleves, then there is no moral void. That is an interesting viewpoint and I think if the doctrine of emergentism is added where brain process become non deterministic, then there is more solid foundation on arguing against this moral void. Though I still think that there is something to be said about Libet's research.
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