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Sufayan.ah

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Do Socrates and Alva Noe agree on the question of a connection between neuroscience and free will?
 
  Discuss their beliefs and how they relate to the beliefs currently dominant in the field of neuroscience today.

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Which question best characterizes the subject matter of metaphysics?
 
  A. Is the earth the center of the universe?
  B. Who is best qualified to rule?
  C. Does life have meaning?
  D. What is the factual evidence for this belief?



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Answer to Question 1

- The common belief in neuroscience today is that our conscious lives (thinking, feeling, and engaging in a world) are accomplished in us by the action of our brain. The underlying assumption is that consciousness is a neuroscientific phenomenon that happens inside us, in the brain.
- Socrates noted a difference between his material self and his choices based on conscious deliberation, saying, I fancy that these sinews and bones would have been in the neighborhood of Megara or Boeotia long ago - impelled by a conviction of what is best - if I did not think that it was more right and honorable to submit to whatever my country offers rather than to take to my heels and run away.
- Noe disagrees with most neuroscientists (and others) who believe that consciousness is located in the brain. Instead, he believes that consciousness comes into existence for the whole person engaged in a dynamic relationship with its environment. He said, To have a mind, though requires more than a brain. Brains don't have minds; people (and other animals) do.

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Sufayan.ah

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Reply 2 on: Jul 14, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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