Brain Choices vs. Free Will - Getting To Know Ourselves Using Concepts That Are Not Well Understood Or Accepted

By Kip Koehler
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Published: Aug. 13, 2012
Words: 20,590 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476389387

Short description

This book begins with a detailed, yet hopefully interesting, introduction into the brain, with an overview of how it functions and why. From there I progress into my theory on just how it is that we are who we are. Most of us believe that we have the ability to make regular choices, and that there is something called free-will involved in this selection process.

Extended description

This book begins with a detailed, yet hopefully interesting, introduction into the brain, with an overview of how it functions and why. From there I progress into my theory on just how it is that we are who we are.

Most of us believe that we have the ability to make regular choices, and that there is something called free-will involved in this selection process. However, it is nearly impossible to convincingly comprehend how this procedure takes place… that is, beyond the simplicity of what we imagine it might to be.

We have been taught to believe that the choices we make are wholly our own and are therefore independent. That is… our brain quickly works through various options and then comes up with a response which is (usually) correct for us. On some level this is true. But the reality is much more complicated, as you will see. And it is so different from you current understanding that you will probably not believe it. But I will try to make a convincing case for a ne.. (Read more) This book begins with a detailed, yet hopefully interesting, introduction into the brain, with an overview of how it functions and why. From there I progress into my theory on just how it is that we are who we are.

Most of us believe that we have the ability to make regular choices, and that there is something called free-will involved in this selection process. However, it is nearly impossible to convincingly comprehend how this procedure takes place… that is, beyond the simplicity of what we imagine it might to be.

We have been taught to believe that the choices we make are wholly our own and are therefore independent. That is… our brain quickly works through various options and then comes up with a response which is (usually) correct for us. On some level this is true. But the reality is much more complicated, as you will see. And it is so different from you current understanding that you will probably not believe it. But I will try to make a convincing case for a new, more accurate, and perhaps more practical way of looking at the world.
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logic, free will, cause and effect, choice theory, brain and behavior

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