PSY 0816 Chapter 9: Free Will II
7 May 2016
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Explain why wegner describes the experience of conscious will as an illusion. Experiences of conscious will are like other judgments of causality and we can get the judgment wrong. The experience of willing an act arises from interpreting one"s thought as the cause of the act. For wegner the illusion of will really is like magic and arises for the same reason. Yet once again we must remember that an illusion is not something that does not exist, and illusions can have powerful effects. Concludes that fact is, it seems to each of us that we have conscious will. Give examples of automatisms and illusions of control. Describe how we can get to know ourselves better. James"s theory of deliberate actions- first various reinforcing or inhibiting ideas compete with each other to prompt a physical action or not. Once one or the other finally wins, we say we have decided.
