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FREE WILL
by Sam Harris

Characters By Chapter
EDITOR:
Christina Hale
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 StevenHayesA career criminal.
 JoshuaKomisarjevskiA career criminal.
 Dr. WilliamPetitA victim of Steven and Joshua. The only survivor of the attack.
 JenniferPetitA victim of Steven and Joshua.
 Hayley William and Jennifer's 17-year-old daughter. Died of smoke inhalation.
 Michaela William and Jennifer's 11-year-old daughter. Died of smoke inhalation.
   The Unconscious Origins of Will
 BenjaminLibetA physiologist who famously used EGG to show that activity in the brain's motor context can be detected some 300 milliseconds before a person feels that he has decided to move.
   FMRI - Functional Magnetic Resource Imaging.
 Brett The lead experimenter the subject forgot about. AKA: Brent.
   Changing the Subject
   Determinism - Holds that if a behavior is fully determined by background causes, free will is an illusion.
   Libertarianism - Holds that if a behavior is fully determined by background causes, free will is an illusion.
   Compatibilism - Claims that free will is compatible with the truth of determinism.
 DanielDennettA compatibilist.
 TomClarkFrom the Center of Naturalism.
   Cause and Effect
 MartinHeisenbergBiologist.
   Choices, Efforts, Intentions
 TimFerrisThe famous lifestyle coach and fitness guru.
 EddyNahmiasPhilosopher.
 Rory MillerAuthor of Meditations on Violence.
   Moral Responsibility
 JaredDiamondScientist and historian.
 Daniel A New Guinea highlander who avenged the death of a paternal uncle.
 DanielWegnerPsychologist.
 
 
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