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Full Idea
The experience of volition is defined by 1) the feeling that I am doing what I want to do, 2) that I could have done otherwise, and 3) that voluntary actions seem to come from within.
Gist of Idea
Volition is felt as doing what you want, with possible alternatives, and a source from within
Source
Anil Seth (Being You [2021], III.11)
Book Ref
Seth,Anil: 'Being You: new science of consciousness' [Faber 2022], p.216
A Reaction
Note that these can all be cited without reference to their feeling 'free'.
| 23513 | Single neurons can carry out complex functions [Seth] |
| 23514 | The cerbellum has a huge number of neurons, but little involvement in consciousness [Seth] |
| 23515 | Human exceptionalism plagues biology, and most other human thinking [Seth] |
| 23516 | Maybe a system is conscious if the whole generates more information than its parts [Seth] |
| 23517 | Volition is felt as doing what you want, with possible alternatives, and a source from within [Seth] |
| 23519 | The self is embodied, perspectival, volitional, narrative and social [Seth, by PG] |
| 23518 | Modern AI is mostly machine-based pattern recognition [Seth] |