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The Godfather of soul

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

Jesse Preston ,
Kurt Gray  and
Daniel M. Wegner
Jesse Preston*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, OntarioN6A 5C2, Canadahttp://www.wjh.harvard.edu/%7Ekurtgray/
Kurt Gray*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA02138http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~wegner/
Daniel M. Wegner*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA02138http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~wegner/
*
jpresto@uwo.ca
kurtgray@fas.harvard.edu
wegner@wgh.harvard.edu
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Abstract:

An important component of souls is the capacity for free will, as the origin of agency within an individual. Belief in souls arises in part from the experience of conscious will, a compelling feeling of personal causation that accompanies almost every action we take, and suggests that an immaterial self is in charge of the physical body.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , October 2006 , pp. 482 - 483
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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