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Sex, brains, robots and Buddhism: looking for free will

10 May 2003

The panel members were Chris Frith, professor of cognitive neurology at London’s Institute of Neurology; Shere Hite, author of the Hite Reports and professor of gender and society at Nihon University in Japan; Owen Holland, senior lecturer in computer science at the University of Essex; and Geshe Tashi Tsering, a Tibetan Buddhist monk and head of the Jamyang Buddhist Centre in London. Keeping the proceedings focused was Simon Blackburn, professor of philosophy at the University of Cambridge and author of Think

Chris Frith

When you spontaneously lift your finger, you are aware, first, of the urge to lift it and…

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