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Neuroscientists have to work with the assumption that the mesh between brain activity and behaviour is very...
Rosalind Picard explains why she believes that we have free will. Other scientists don't, but it's difficult to see how...
Many of our choices are influenced by unconscious processes...
Our brains shape us by constraining the kinds of things we are able to do - but, says Bill Newsome, we also have...
What are some of the basic things Christians should bear in mind when thinking about new medical technologies?
There is some evidence that our genes do have some effect on our personality and talents. But what effect do our...
Within our law structure we have always had provisions for people who we view as not being responsible because...
Some would say that freedom of choice is an illusion. But Bill Newsome argues that to reduce personal realities...
The spectre of determinism is unnerving for a Christian view of what it means to be human. But this is not a new...
Any neuroscientist knows how much our biology determines our behaviour. But is behaviour 'just'...
Denis Alexander tackles the issue of all the suffering and death involved in evolution.
Francis Collins considers whether, 'My genes made me do it', will ever be a good defence in law. There is one...
John Polkinghorne and Stanford neurobiologist Bill Newsome discuss the relationship between brain matter...
An explanation of a big problem in physics - is the behaviour of every system determined by its smallest...