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burchfield96

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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


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connor417

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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A


burchfield96

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

bdobbins

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

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