Abstract

FORERO-MORA, José Andrés  and  GIRALDO-CEBALLOS, Laura I.. The brain, the self, and free will: A discussion between Llinás, Munévar and Searle. discus.filos [online]. 2021, vol.22, n.39, pp.35-53.  Epub Mar 08, 2022. ISSN 0124-6127.  https://doi.org/10.17151/difil.2021.22.39.3.

This text aims at critically reviewing the relationships between the brain, the self and free will based on three theoretical proposals. In the first place, the position of Llinás according to which the self, and with it the free will, is a myth is analyzed. In response to this negative position, the position of Munévar, according to which the self should be understood as the brain in its complexity, is analyzed in the second place. In the third place, the naturalistic proposal of Searle according to which the self should not be understood as the activity of the brain as a whole but as a systemic property that emerges from it is analyzed. In both cases, the consequences that these positions have on the relationship between the brain and the self for free will are evaluated.

Keywords : Free will; consciousness; self; emergentism.

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