title: Voluntary action and neural causation.
abstract: I agree with Nachev and Hacker's general approach. However, their criticism of claims of covert automaticity can be strengthened. I first say a few words on what voluntary action involves and on the consequent limited relevance of brain research for the determination of voluntariness. I then turn to Nachev and Hacker's discussion of possible covert automaticity and show why the case for it is weaker than they allow.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Philosophy , Central European University , Budapest , Hungary.
authors.forename: Hanoch
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ben-Yami
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009488:Neurosciences