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Video: Behaviour control : freedom and morality
Duration: 00:24:30
Date: 08-08-1973

Free Will 

 

"So much gets presented in this half-hour discussion between B. F. Skinner and Geoffrey Warnock that it is hard to believe that it isn’t an edited condensation of a much longer conversation..."

Follow this link to the full article by Daniel C. Dennett: "Review of Behaviour Control: Freedom and Morality." Originally published in Teaching Philosophy Volume 1, Issue 2, Fall 1975, pp.175-177 

https://doi.org/10.5840/teachphil19751239 (link opens in a new window)

Daniel C. Dennett
Daniel C. Dennett is University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University.
 
 
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