Free Will: Delusional or Real?

Free Will: Delusional or Real?Friday Sept 23rd, 2:30 to 4:00 PM in 46-3189 (MIT, see below for details)Please sign up here so we know how many snacks to get: https://www.facebook.com/events/775624079206673/   Description:Free Will is conceived as one of the central tenants of human agency. Despite its central importance for moral responsibility and law, its existence as a real or a delusionary concept still under heated debate. The panel will tackle questions like: What is free will? Does it exist? If so, how is it generated? Do animals have free will? How can one make moral decisions without free will? The panel will bring neuroscientists, physicists and philosophers to address these questions from an interdisciplinary perspective. The panelists are:1.Haim Sompolinsky: Professor of Physics and Neuroscience at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Harvard University 2.Tamar Schapiro: Professor of Philosophy at MIT 3.Robert Doyle: Philosopher and Staff scientist at the Astronomy department of Harvard University.4.Jonathan Phillips: Cognitive scientist and Postdoctoral researcher at the Moral Psychology laboratory at Harvard University. The panel moderators are Ahmed El Hady (Princeton University) and Emily Mackevicius (MIT)The event is hosted and sponsored by the Brain and Cognitive Science department (MIT). It will take place on Friday 23rd of September from 2:30 to 4:00 PM at room 46-3189 (MIT Brain and Cognitive sciences department, map: https://goo.gl/maps/Rb2cmKqYe1C2 ) . Everyone is invited. The lecture is open to the public. Please share the event with your friends and colleagues. We are looking forward to see you all.