Free will in the clustered-minds multiverse, and some comments on S. Sarasvathy’s ‘choice matters’
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Published:2020-07-31
Issue:2
Volume:19
Page:323-330
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ISSN:1593-7879
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Container-title:Mind & Society
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Mind Soc
Author:
Schade Christian D.
Abstract
AbstractThis paper sketches a new version of the multiverse interpretation of quantum mechanics, the clustered-minds multiverse, that has been presented in detail elsewhere (Schade 2018, Springer, New York). It briefly shows why it grants us with free will and reflects upon the (im-)possibilty of singular-universe explanations of free will (e.g., Laskey 2018, J Cogn Sci 19–2:125–163). It also critically comments upon S. Sarasvathy's 'choice matters,' one of the other contributions to this mini symposium.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous),Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Philosophy,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology,Social Psychology
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