%0 Journal Article %1 citeulike:6582089 %A Nahmias, E. %D 2005 %J Consciousness and Cognition %K agency free_will %N 4 %P 771--785 %R 10.1016/j.concog.2005.07.002 %T Agency, authorship, and illusion %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2005.07.002 %V 14 %X Daniel Wegner argues that conscious will is an illusion. I examine the adequacy of his theory of apparent mental causation and whether, if accurate, it suggests that our experience of agency and authorship should be considered illusory. I examine various interpretations of this claim and raise problems for each interpretation. I also distinguish between the experiences of agency and authorship.

@article{citeulike:6582089, abstract = {{Daniel Wegner argues that conscious will is an illusion. I examine the adequacy of his theory of apparent mental causation and whether, if accurate, it suggests that our experience of agency and authorship should be considered illusory. I examine various interpretations of this claim and raise problems for each interpretation. I also distinguish between the experiences of agency and authorship.}}, added-at = {2010-11-30T22:39:03.000+0100}, author = {Nahmias, E.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d0cbf0300717a5dbb600b7b1a479270a/smatthiesen}, citeulike-article-id = {6582089}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2005.07.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1053810005000905}, doi = {10.1016/j.concog.2005.07.002}, interhash = {144c769f03fe2d62068cb6833d56ebc0}, intrahash = {d0cbf0300717a5dbb600b7b1a479270a}, issn = {10538100}, journal = {Consciousness and Cognition}, keywords = {agency free_will}, month = {December}, number = 4, pages = {771--785}, posted-at = {2010-01-23 12:47:37}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2010-12-02T11:14:32.000+0100}, title = {{Agency, authorship, and illusion}}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2005.07.002}, volume = 14, year = 2005 }