TY - JOURS
T1 - Benjamin Libet und die Willensfreiheit . Wie platonisch ist unser heutiges Menschenbild? 
Brettschneider, Heinrich
JAS - Jahr für Goethe.
JF - Jahrbuch für Goetheanismus
PY - 2008
VL - 2008
SP - 195
EP - 222
DO - 10.18756/jfg.2008.195
SN - Print :1866-4830 Online : 2750-2341 
LA - de
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N1 - Benjamin Libet and free will  How platonic is our modern picture of the human beingIn 1982 and 1983 Libet et al published experiments on a group of healthy subjects who were required without external cause to make simple hand movements while simultaneous measurements were made of electrophysical activity of the brain with the best temporal accuracy that was technically possible at that time To the great surprise of all concerned the electrical activities of the brain preceded not only the hand movements but also the conscious awareness of the subjects Subsequently the result of this experiment was interpreted worldwide to the effect that the human being only thinks he has himself decided on an action whereas in reality he is only the witness of his brains conscious awareness Far removed from this in order to question whether their own conclusions about this are mere electrophysical brain activities as well many neuroscientists have exploited Libets experiments for supporting a physical identism that threatens to lead western humanism to absurdity In the analysis presented here we firstly examine how far on the one hand Libets experiments are psychologically and philosophically dilettantish in their basis regarding the question at issue and on the other hand at the same time to what extent the physical monism derived from them goes far beyond the possible interpretations actually available and is in this respect to be regarded as both philosophically and psychologically dilettantish Secondly we sketch out a view of a gulf that has opened not only between brain and soul but also between both the brain and the rest of the human physis as a consequence of the cerebrocentrism demanded by Plato
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ST - Benjamin Libet und die Willensfreiheit 
UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.18756/jfg.2008.195
Y2 - 2024-05-03 03:31:47
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