Mind sciences have not yet provided a de nitive answer to the dual nature of self and to the existence of Free-will (FW), so the mechanisms operating in cognitive processes such as action decision-making remain partially elusive. In this review, we address the question of a so-called “voluntary” action from the agent’s and the scientist’s points of view (respectively from 1st and 3rd person perspectives) and conclude that the “Bignetti Model” (TBM) may offer a solution to reconcile both; i.e. FW is an illusion in line with the agent’s belief in the soul- embodied self and, along with this belief, it may play a functional role in cognition. With TBM, we explain cognition in a bottom-up track from a molecular to a psychological level without the need of soul-body duality

From Brain to Mind: A Plain Route from Neurobiology to Psychology / Bignetti, Enrico. - In: PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES. - ISSN 2380-727X. - 1:1(2015), pp. 15-25. [http://dx.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-1-103]

From Brain to Mind: A Plain Route from Neurobiology to Psychology

BIGNETTI, Enrico
2015-01-01

Abstract

Mind sciences have not yet provided a de nitive answer to the dual nature of self and to the existence of Free-will (FW), so the mechanisms operating in cognitive processes such as action decision-making remain partially elusive. In this review, we address the question of a so-called “voluntary” action from the agent’s and the scientist’s points of view (respectively from 1st and 3rd person perspectives) and conclude that the “Bignetti Model” (TBM) may offer a solution to reconcile both; i.e. FW is an illusion in line with the agent’s belief in the soul- embodied self and, along with this belief, it may play a functional role in cognition. With TBM, we explain cognition in a bottom-up track from a molecular to a psychological level without the need of soul-body duality
2015
From Brain to Mind: A Plain Route from Neurobiology to Psychology / Bignetti, Enrico. - In: PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES. - ISSN 2380-727X. - 1:1(2015), pp. 15-25. [http://dx.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-1-103]
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