The Philosophy and Science of Self-Control

Big Questions in Free Will: The Conferences

The program for the January 2012 conference can be found here.

The second conference was held January 11-13, 2013. The program can be viewed here.

The third and final conference was held December 6-8, 2013. The program is posted here, and video of the conference presentations can be viewed by following the links below. The begin and end times in the videos for each talk and Q&A session that occurred on that day of the conference are listed below the links.

Big Questions in Free Will Conference – Day 1

  • Opening Remarks by Alfred Mele (0:00 – 2:37)
  • “Freedom for Psychologists!” by Roy Baumeister (2:38 – 36:07)
  • “Free to Punish: A Motivated Account of Belief in Free Will” by Jamie Luguri (36:08 – 46:15)
  • Question and Answer Session for Baumeister and Luguri (46:16 – 53:51)
  • “On Why We See the Past as Fixed and the Future as Something We Can Bring About by Will: The View Through the Lenses of Physics” by Jenann Ismael (53:52 – 1:38:51)
  • Question and Answer Session for Ismael (1:38:52 – 1:45:38)
  • “The effects of perceptual confidence on cognitive control” by Ai Kozumi and Hakwan Lau (1:45:40 – 2:21:14)
  • Question and Answer Session for Kozumi and Lau (2:21:15 – 2:21:10)

Big Questions in Free Will Conference – Day 2

  • Opening Remarks by Alfred Mele (0:00 – 1:06)
  • “Free Will Belief Manipulations and Findings: Still The Good, The Bad, The Ugly” by Kathleen Vohs (01:07 – 24:15)
  • “Consequences and correlates of a belief in free will” by Jonathan W. Schooler (24:16 – 44:22)
  • Question and Answer Session for Vohs and Schooler (44:23 – 48:59)
  • “Negligent Action and Unwitting Omission” by Randolph Clarke (49:01 – 1:29:43)
  • Question and Answer Session for Clarke (1:29:44 – 1:40:22)
  • “On the Neural Representation of Deliberate & Random Decisions” by Uri Maoz (1:40:23 – 2:11:03)
  • Question and Answer Session for Maoz (2:11:04 – 2:30:41)
  • “Self-Causation” by Adina Roskies (2:30:44 – 3:04:08)
  • Question and Answer Session for Roskies (3:04:09 – 3:22:51)
  • “Children’s Developing Ideas of Free Will Across Cultures and Domains” by Alison Gopnik and Tamar Kushnir (3:22:58 – 4:02:01)
  • Question and Answer Session for Gopnik and Kushnir (4:02:02 – 4:13:19)
  • “Manipulation and Moral Luck” by Carolina Sartorio (4:13:22 – 4:49:51)
  • Question and Answer Session for Sartorio (4:49:52 – 5:02:18)
  • “The Field’s Potential Readiness to Move Beyond Libet” by Thalia Wheatley (5:02:19 – 5:34:04)
  • Question and Answer Session for Wheatley (5:34:05 – 5:46:02)

Big Questions in Free Will Conference – Day 3

  • “Brain Bases of Intention and Agency” by Patrick Haggard (0:00 – 18:01)
  • “Brain Bases of Intention and Agency” (second portion of talk) by Matthew Salvaris (18:02 – 23:15)
  • “Brain Bases of Intention and Agency” (third portion of talk) by Patrick Haggard (23:16 – 39:39)
  • Question and Answer Session for Haggard and Salvaris (39:40 – 53:32)
  • “Manipulators, Parasites, and Generalisation Arguments” by Gunnar Björnsson (53:33 – 1:32:41)
  • Question and Answer Session for Björnsson (1:32:42 – 1:46:29)
  • “A Neural-Network Model of Intentions and the Picking/Choosing Distinction” by Ariel Furstenberg (1:46:30 – 2:09:47)
  • “A Neural-Network Model of Intentions and the Picking/Choosing Distinction” by Haim Sompolinsky (2:09:48 – 2:31:23)
  • Question and Answer Session for Furstenberg and Sompolinsky (2:31:24 – 2:37:23)
  • “Bringing Free Will Down to Earth: People’s Psychological Concept of Free Will and its Role in Moral Judgment” by Andrew Monroe (2:37:24 – 3:20:46)
  • Question and Answer Session for Monroe (3:20:47 – 3:34:12)