Table of Contents

Introduction: New Approaches to Knotty Old Problems
1: Avoiding Cartesian Materialism
2: From Causal Reductionism to Self-Directed Systems
3: From Mindless to Intelligent Action
4: How Can Neural Nets Mean?
5: How Does Reason Get Its Grip on the Brain?
6: Who's Responsible?
7: Neurobiological Reductionism and Free Will
Postscript

Reviews

The picture of agency presented here is one well worth pursuing...the general outlines of the view are plausible, and there is a rich research agenda here. Neil Levy, Metapsychology fascinating...Did My Neurons Make Me Do It? is a nicely written, engaging book that makes a genuine contribution to the growing literature on mental causation. Todd Stuart Ganson, Science