Robert Sapolsky & Eddy Nahmias: A Dialogue on Free Will

In two recent books, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (2017) and Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will (2023), Professor Sapolsky has argued that what science has taught us about human agency (and the cosmos more generally) undermines our traditional picture of free will and responsibility. Pushing back against this type of scientific skepticism about moral agency has been the focus of Professor Nahmias' work for more than 25 years. This event is designed to bring together a skeptic and a compatibilist in order to facilitate an engaging dialogue about the nature and limitations of human agency.

Zoom Link: https://cofc.zoom.us/j/85013282586