[The ghost of the free will].
Recent experiments have shown that it is highly probable that the Free Will could be a cerebral fiction. A subconscious cerebral activity preceded always the subjective impression of free will. The problem is serious, since linked to the concept of free will are culpability, responsibility, imputability and sin, basis of our western society. However, most of the cerebral functions are unconscious and nobody is perturbed by the fact that we do no control what is stored in our memory.
Rubia Vila
Francisco José
FJ
D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D026684:Personal Autonomy