OPEN MEETING 21 April 2016:
IS FREE WILL AN ILLUSION?
Lecture by Prof.
John Dylan HAYNES
Director of Berlin Center for Advanced Neuroimaging,
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin
What does neuroscience tell us about free will?
Thursday, 21 April, 18.00-20.00
in The
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters/
Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, Drammensveien 78,
0271 Oslo.
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Programme:
18.00– 18.05
18.05– 18.10
18.10– 19.00
19.00– 19.10
19.10– 19.40
19.40– 20.30
Opening by Prof. Erik Boye, The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Introduction by Prof. Johan F. Storm, Neurophysiology, University of Oslo
Lecture by Prof. John Dylan Haynes
10 minutes break
Comments by Edmund Henden (Philosophy) and J.F. Storm (Neurophysiology)
Panel Discussion and Questions from the Audience
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Is free will just an illusion? Are all our actions predetermined by brain processes beyond our
control? Are we just complex “machines” without any real freedom to decide, choose and act?
Does this mean that we are not responsible for our choices and actions? These are ancient
philosophical questions that are still hotly debated. Recent results from brain imaging suggest
that at least some of our choices can be predicted with some accuracy several seconds before
we know that we made the choice. Prof. John Dylan Haynes, who is a leading scientist in this
field, will present some of his results and discuss what they mean.
Prof. John Dylan HAYNES is Director of Berlin Center for Advanced Neuroimaging at the
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, and
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/hayneslab
All are welcome
Johan F. Storm
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