Author Question: A 2007 experiment at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience showed brain activity ... (Read 37 times)

burchfield96 · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

A 2007 experiment at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience showed brain activity signaling a choice being made up to seven seconds before the subject experienced knowledge of making a choice.

The researcher believed this indicated that free will is an illusion. Critics disagreed because ________.
A. brain scans are like watching the brain think
B. the researcher was unable to replicate his results
C. the brain may simply have been ramping up to make a decision
D. Socrates had conducted similar experiments and come to a different conclusion

Question 2

Unlike the hard determinists, Jean-Paul Sartre assumed that human freedom is _______.

A. real and total
B. an illusion
C. only partially correct
D. impeded by external forces