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Presentations Workshop 3

Posted on August 31, 2012 by ahrcfreewill

Rebecca Simpson, “Legal responsibility for self-control over temptations and habits” Jillian Craigie  & Alicia Coram, “Assessing capacities for agency in the context of private decisions and criminal acts: What can neuroscience contribute?” Lisa Bortolotti, “‘Bad’ personal narratives, autonomy and moral responsibility” … Continue reading →

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Workshop 3 Programme

Posted on August 13, 2012 by ahrcfreewill

Workshop 3, August 22-23, 2012 Room 104, first floor, Senate House       Day 1 Aug 22 10.30-11.45 Neuroscience and the Law: Twelve Provocations Lisa Claydon & Paul Catley (UWE) 11.45-12 Coffee 12.15-1.15 Neuroscience and the Law: Twelve Provocations … Continue reading →

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Workshop 3 Announcement

Posted on July 22, 2012 by ahrcfreewill

We’ll be hosting the third and final workshop within this exploratory award on August 22-23 at the Institute of Philosophy, London. Our confirmed speakers so far are: Lisa Bortolotti (Birmingham) Jillian Craigie (UCL, London) Federico Faroldi (Pavia) Anneli Jefferson (Jülich) … Continue reading →

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Presentations from the 2nd Workshop: Moral/Criminal Responsibility and Neurocience

Posted on June 28, 2012 by ahrcfreewill

Stephen J. Morse, “Neuroscience and criminal responsibility” Anneli Jefferson, “To what extent can neuroscience inform our judgments of moral responsibility?” Markus Schlosser, “Conscious will, reason-responsiveness, and responsibility” Hannah Maslen & Imogen Goold, “Cognitive enhancement: Implications for legal responsibility” Georgia-Martha Gkotsi, … Continue reading →

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Workshop 1 – Presentations

Posted on June 28, 2012 by ahrcfreewill

Marcel Brass, “Who’s in control? The neuroanatomy of intentional action” Alfred Mele, “Free will and substance dualism: The real scientific threat to free will?”

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Programme for Workshop 2

Posted on June 7, 2012 by ahrcfreewill

M O R A L  &  C R I M I N A L  R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y   A N D  N E U R O S C I … Continue reading →

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Podcast from workshop 1

Posted on May 28, 2012 by ahrcfreewill

Podcast from workshop 1

A podcast of our first workshop is now available, featuring talks by Alfred Mele, Marcel Brass, Lisa Claydon, Paul Catley.

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Final call for abstracts

Posted on May 23, 2012 by ahrcfreewill

Deadline Monday May 28 M O R A L  &  C R I M I N A L  R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y A N D  N E U R O S … Continue reading →

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Call for Abstracts

Posted on May 8, 2012 by ahrcfreewill

M O R A L  &  C R I M I N A L  R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y A N D  N E U R O S C I E … Continue reading →

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New Project

Posted on April 26, 2012 by ahrcfreewill

Free will, responsibility and punishment   This project aims to explore the extent to which a three-way collaboration between philosophers, lawyers and neuroscientists can shed light on questions concerning free will, responsibility and punishment. Recently there has been a huge … Continue reading →

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