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| Title |
Implications of a Culturally Evolved Self for Notions of Free Will
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01889 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson |
| Abstract |
Most schools in psychology have emphasized individual choice despite evidence of genetic and cultural determinism. It is suggested in this paper that the rejection of classical behaviorism by psychology and other humanities flowed from deeply held cultural assumptions about volition and free will. While compatibilists have suggested that notions of free will and determinism are not mutually exclusive, the psychological mechanisms by which such an accommodation could be explained have been inadequately explored. Drawing on research into classical cultures, this paper builds an argument that the notion of free will was adaptive flowing from culturally evolved changes to the self, and that this "evolved self," containing assumptions of personal volition, continuity, and reason, became benchmarks of what it means to be human. The paper proposes a model of a culturally evolved self that is compatible with understandings of free will and determinism. Implications for therapeutic practice and future research are discussed. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 23% |
| Brazil | 1 | 8% |
| Japan | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 8% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 5 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 77% |
| Scientists | 3 | 23% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 27 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 27 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 6 | 22% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 15% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 15% |
| Researcher | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 3 | 11% |
| Unknown | 4 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 9 | 33% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 11% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 7% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 19% |
| Unknown | 3 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 December 2017.
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#5,477,413
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Outputs from Frontiers in Psychology
#7,815
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#88,210
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychology
#210
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