At what point in time will most philosophers consider contemporary research in n

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At what point in time will most philosophers consider contemporary research in neuroscience as a dangerous threat to the possibility of free will? When the results of neuroscientific experiments can be replicated with a pattern of consistency in regard to brain activity When neuroscientists unite to take on the challenge of disproving the possibility of free wil When the analysis of brain activity can predict a person's complex life decision before the person has consciously made it When neuroscientists are able to isolate any one basic component of the decision-making process in order to note corresponding brain activity

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Existential and humanist philosophies emerged out of a growing concern for the diminishing significance of human reasonand will in understanding the nature of the experiential world. They argued that the advances within the neuroscience posed a direct threat to human will and believed that the biggest attack would come from a unified opposition by the neuroscientists who would use their scientific knowledge and methods to disprove the very existence of human freedom and will to life, turning humans into inanimate, lifeless objects.

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