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All the ideas for 'Unconscious Cerebral Initiative', 'Letters to Hegel' and 'Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian themes'

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4 ideas

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 4. Presupposition of Self
The basis of philosophy is the Self prior to experience, where it is the essence of freedom [Schelling]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act
Libet says the processes initiated in the cortex can still be consciously changed [Libet, by Papineau]
Libet found conscious choice 0.2 secs before movement, well after unconscious 'readiness potential' [Libet, by Lowe]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
Causation interests us because we want to explain change [Mumford]