PHILOSOPHY of Action
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Essays and other pieces on actions
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Some good places to start in action theory:
Luca Ferrero's introductory essay on Action (from John Shand's Central Issues of Philosophy),
Aguilar, Buckareff, & Frankish's Introduction to their New Waves in the Philosophy of Action, and
E. J. Lowe's Action Theory and Ontology (from O'Connor & Sandis, A Companion to the Philosophy of Action).
Richard Marshall conducted several insightful and interesting interviews with philosophers for the 3:AM Magazine. They are all collected in one place. They are very helpfully grouped into categories and there is a mind and action category. But of course there is plenty else that might be interesting even for action theory experts.
New versions of the Libet experiments by John-Dylan Haynes, with some interesting conclusions. (I still think the debate is entirely misconceived in these terms but the results might nevertheless be interesting for philosophers).
Symposium on Derk Pereboom's Agency, Free Will, and Meaning in Life.
(organized by Gregg Caruso)
Interview with Al Mele on Free Will in The New York Times
Your Move: The Maze of Free Will - Galen Strawson
Do You Have Free Will? - John Tierny
Is Neuroscience the Death of Free Will? - Eddy Nahmias in Philosophy Now
Why Buridan's Ass Doesn't Starve - Michael Hauskeller
Human Free Will and Divine Predestination - Antony Flew
Free Will & Determinism - Michael Norwitz
Freedom and Neurobiology - Richard Corrigan
An Argument About Free Will- Luke Pollard and Rebecca Massey-Chase
Forum on Free Will
Psychoanalysis Between Meanings- Grant Bartley in The Philosopher's Magazine
Just What Are Your Intentions? - Mark Phelan
Willing, Wanting, Waiting - A.W. Price
Free Will - Al Mele
Semi-Compatibilism- John Martin Fischer
Neither Compatibilism Nor Incompatibilism - Ted Honderich
Free Will and Science - Mathew Iredale
A Brief History of Liberty - Ian Carter
Joining the Lost Dots - Briony Addey
Character - Jonathan Webber
Neurophilosophy - A.C. Grayling
Neurotrash - Roger Scruton
Hacker's Challenge - James Garvey
What is X-Phi Good For? - David Papineau in the Scientific American
How Free is Your Will? - Daniela Schiller and David Carmel
Neuroscience in the Courtroom- Michael Gazzaniga
Inside the Mind of a Psychopath -Kent Kiehl and Joshua Buckholtz in theNew Scientist
Do We Have Free Will? - Patricia Churchland
Free Will is Not An Illusion After All - Anil Ananthaswany
Free Will: Is Our Understanding Wrong? & You Only Think You Have It - Zeeya Merali
Possible Site of Free Will Found in Brain - Ewen Callawy
Science vs Philosophy: Free Will in Nature
Are They Playing Our Tune? - Helen Steward in Think
Free Will- Galen Strawson in theRichmond Journal of Philosophy
Freedom, Pride, Blame, Praise, & Love - Galen Strawson (Interview by Tamler Sommers for The Believer)