نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشجوی دکترای فلسفه معاصر، دانشگاه تهران، دانشکدگان فارابی
2 استادیار گروه فلسفه دانشکدگان فارابی دانشگاه تهران
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
John Searle, through his naturalistic approach, seeks to account for the possibility of free will at the neurobiological level. To this end, he draws upon elements such as the psychological intuition of free will, holistic causation, and quantum indeterminacy.
This study, employing an analytical-critical approach, examines Searle’s perspective in this domain. The findings indicate that Searle’s concept of holistic causation is incompatible with the ontological premises of his theory, as it presupposes that the level of consciousness plays a causal role beyond the physical components of the system. Moreover, his reliance on quantum physics faces three fundamental challenges: first, the issue of “selective causation,” since he transfers only the feature of indeterminacy from the physical to the mental level without providing a clear causal mechanism; second, the “randomness challenge,” because quantum indeterminacy signifies chance rather than free will; and third, the lack of empirical evidence demonstrating that voluntary processes in the brain genuinely operate at the quantum level. Accordingly, Searle’s account in this area remains conceptually ambiguous and empirically limited, necessitating more precise theoretical models and scientific data.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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