Publisher's Synopsis
Do you create your own destiny, or do you merely play whatever hand the universe has dealt you? This provocative audio series will stimulate your mind by raising these and other timeless questions about free will and determinism. As you analyze these competing philosophies, you will find that every answer raises fascinating new questions about morality, fate, consciousness, and the existence of a higher power. In this series of one-on-one interviews, host Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn welcomes thirteen guest experts to discuss free will, identity, and the possibility of the afterlife. His interlocutors include a Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of field-spanning books on human societies, a leading figure in contemporary metaphysics, and the director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. Recent neuroscientific discoveries have fanned the flames of the free-will debate. The implications of it are far-reaching and potentially paradigm-shifting. Explore its vital questions with the world's greatest minds. Note: Lectures 1 and 3—"Is Free Will an Illusion?" and "Why Is Free Will a Mystery?"—were funded in part by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
