The illusion of conscious will

By Peter Carruthers. Synthese, 2007

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, General Decision Sciences, Philosophy

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From Uncaused Will to Conscious Choice: The Need to Study, Not Speculate About People’s Folk Concept of Free Will (2010, neutral): “notion that “our experiences of conscious will cause our actions” ( Wegner 2002, p. 318 ).”
Thriving With Social Purpose: An Integrative Approach to the Development of Optimal Human Functioning (2007, background): “This visioning and decision-making team does most of its work outside of consciousness through the rapid activation of learned schema (D. H. Ford, 1994; Haidt, 2006; Hassin, Uleman, & Bargh, 2005; Wegner, 2002; Wilson, 2002).”
Downward causation and the neurobiology of free will (2009, background): “Timothy O’Connor begins chapter 10, “Conscious Willing and the Emerging Sciences of Brain and Behavior,” with an overview of philosophical positions on the nature of free will.”
Beyond the comparator model: a multifactorial two-step account of agency. (2008, neutral): “On trials with subliminal presentation of the word ''I'' or ''me'', subjects tended to self-attribute ambiguous events (Wegner, 2002).”
The Influence of Affect on Attitude (2005, background): “Indeed, some conclude that our sense of executive control (Clark, 1997) and conscious will (Wegner, 2002) are illusory.”
Self-regulation and the problem of human autonomy: does psychology need choice, self-determination, and will? (2006, background): “Indeed, after proclaiming will to be an illusion, Wegner (2002) ultimately suggests that the experience of will may be critical to human functioning.”
The Innate Mind: Structure and Contents (2005, background): “We caution, however, that this interpretation may be misleading (see Carruthers, 2003b; Wegner, 2002).”
What have we been priming all these years? On the development, mechanisms, and ecology of nonconscious social behavior. (2006, background): “We certainly ignore them at our peril, because otherwise, in the bigger picture of the social and cognitive sciences, nonconscious social behavior and goal pursuit could be painted into a corner, seen as an interesting anomaly much like hypnosis or other psychological parlor tricks (see Wegner, 200”
Systems and levels: Dual-system theories and the personal- subpersonal distinction ∗ (2009, background): “There is good evidence that much of it is (e.g. Gazzaniga 1998; Wegner 2002; Wilson 2002).”
The aging self : shifting from promoting gains to balancing losses (2005, background): “In this chapter, however, we do not want to attempt solving the philosophically complex issue of whether or not free will exists (Greve, 1992; see Wegner, 2002, for a recent psychological discussion of this topic).”
SOCIAL STEREOTYPES AND AUTOMATIC GOAL PURSUIT (2005, background): “The actual source of human behavior may often be beyond the grasp of conscious awareness (Wegner, 2002; Wilson, 2002).”
Neuronal Reward and Decision Signals: From Theories to Data. (2015, background): “It is difficult to measure objectively, and it may not even be real but an illusion (634), nobody knows for sure.”
Automaticity: a theoretical and conceptual analysis. (2006, background): “According to this view, humans phenomenal experience of intentions being the causal motor of acts is nothing but an illusion based on post hoc causal attributions (see also Wegner, 2002, 2003; Wegner & Wheatley, 1999; but see Green & Vervaeke, 1996; Menzies, 2004).”
Explanations Versus Applications (2005, background): “Belief in free will, for instance, explains one’s own and other people’s actions (Wegner, 2002).”