Can the Sense of Agency Be a Marker of Free Will?

• Autorzy: Paweł Balcerak
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this paper, I will analyse the relation between a sense of agency and free will. It is often proposed that by investigating the former, we can find a way of judging when an action is voluntary. Haggard seems to be one of the authors believing so. To answer if this assumption is correct, I will: 1) analyse the categories of free will and agency; 2) define the sense of agency; 3) describe ways of investigating the sense of agency; 4) describe models of emergence of the sense of agency; 5) analyse the relation between agency and responsibility. I will end by discussing the actual possibility of using the sense of agency measurements (as described in experimental sciences) as markers of free will. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Human philosophy; Human psychology; Responsibility

PL

Filozofia człowieka; Psychologia człowieka; Odpowiedzialność

• Czasopismo: Studia Humana
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: 8(2)
• Strony: 69--78

Twórcy

autor

Paweł Balcerak

• University of Rzeszów, Poland

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DOI

10.2478/sh-2019-0019