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Human decisions are entirely caused by prior brain states
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OVERSTATED
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The extent to which human decisions are entirely caused by prior brain states is actively contested, with some neuroscientific work emphasizing deterministic neural correlates and decision dynamics, while philosophical and systems-level frameworks defend emergent agency and computational irreducibility.

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Some neuroscientific and materialist frameworks argue that human decisions are driven by prior brain states, while other frameworks contest this view.

Evidence for · 3
Neural Correlates of Perceptual Decision Making in Primary Somatosensory Cortex
2025 · cited by 3
Paper 0 demonstrates that high-dimensional neural activity in sensory cortex collapses to latent variables that drive perceptual decisions.
Evidence against · 3
Transforming Psychological Jurisprudence: Beyond Passivity and Determinism.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 4 argues for a compatibilist framework that preserves human agency rather than reducing action to passive neuroscientific determinism.
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More for · 2
Consciousness, determinism, and free will in nineteenth-century Portuguese medical thought: Resonances with contemporary neuroscience.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 3 reviews historical and contemporary materialist arguments that free will is merely the subjective manifestation of underlying neuronal activity.
Superstitious conditioning shapes the illusory experience of free will under causal determinism.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 6 models the subjective experience of free will as a conditioned illusion arising from deterministic premotor and motor activations.
More against · 2
COMPUTATIONAL IRREDUCIBILITY AND THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF FREE WILL
2025 · cited by 0
Paper 7 argues that computational irreducibility creates an epistemic gap between metaphysical determinism and actual predictability, grounding real deliberation.
Progress and ongoing conceptual challenges "on the way to integrative human neuroscience"-ten years after.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 9 critiques strict reductionist and deterministic assumptions in neuroscience, advocating for systems-level approaches that respect mental complexity.
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first checked01 Aug 2026
judged → OVERSTATED · 001 Aug 2026
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