Journal article
Conscious control over action
- Abstract:
- The extensive involvement of nonconscious processes in human behaviour has led some to suggest that consciousness is much less important for the control of action than we might think. In this article I push against this trend, developing an understanding of conscious control that is sensitive to our best models of overt (that is, bodily) action control. Further, I assess the cogency of various zombie challenges—challenges that seek to demote the importance of conscious control for human agency. I argue that though nonconscious contributions to action control are evidently robust, these challenges are overblown.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1111/mila.12082
- Publication website:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mila.12082/abstract
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- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Journal:
- Mind & Language More from this journal
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 320–344
- Publication date:
- 2015-06-03
- Acceptance date:
- 2015-03-24
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1468-0017
- Language:
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English
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- 2015
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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