Book chapter (in German) after a conference on chance in natural systems. Reference: B. Brembs and M. Heisenberg, “Der Zufall als kreatives Element in Gehirn und Verhalten,” in Zufall in der belebten Natur, edited by U. Herkenrath (Verlag Roman Kovar, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged free will
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On our final day (day 1, day 2), I was only able to hear Boris Kotchoubey‘s (author of “why are you free?“) talk, as I had to leave early to catch my flight. He made a great effort to slowly […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While the first day (day 2, day 3) was dominated by philosophy, mathematics and other abstract discussions of chance, this day of our symposium started with a distinct biological focus. Martin Heisenberg, Chance in brain and behavior First speaker for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
UPDATE: I’m still not completely sure I understood Churchland accurately, but there are comments suggesting I may just have completely misunderstood her replies to the interviewer. Read the interview and judge for yourself! I really like Patricia Churchland. I’ve read […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It is one of these rare events when I can post a video of one of my own talks. This one was in Berlin earlier this year, organized by The Lost Lectures in a very unusual venue, the Stattbad Wedding: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posted on September 5, 2013
at 12:21
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During my flyfishing vacation last year, pretty much nothing was happening on this blog. Now that I’ve migrated the blog to WordPress, I can actually schedule posts to appear when in fact I’m not even at the computer. I’m using […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posted on August 29, 2013
at 17:06
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Flashback: All brains possess free will because there is no design in biology
In: blogarchivesDuring my flyfishing vacation last year, pretty much nothing was happening on this blog. Now that I’ve migrated the blog to WordPress, I can actually schedule posts to appear when in fact I’m not even at the computer. I’m using […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posted on August 21, 2013
at 16:58
Comments Off on Flashback: All brains possess free will because there is no design in biology
During my flyfishing vacation last year, pretty much nothing was happening on this blog. Now that I’ve migrated the blog to WordPress, I can actually schedule posts to appear when in fact I’m not even at the computer. I’m using […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posted on August 20, 2013
at 16:55
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In the process of migrating content from the old site to WordPress, I’m also moving some articles from there and re-publishing them here as posts. This one is such a case, originally published on December 7, 2006. Unfortunately, I never […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To my knowledge, no neuroscientist hypothesizes that there is magic in our heads. However, it appears this is a hypothesis that flies by the editors at the New York Times. The title of this op-ed piece says it all: “beyond […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
