The Spontaneous Self

Many philosophers have argued that free will may be no more than

a flattering illusion. Few have gone on, however, to spell out what life

would be like without that illusion. In The Spontaneous Self Dr. Breer

explores the many ways in which our everyday experience is likely to be

affected by giving up a belief in free will. Topics include guilt, pride, credit,

blame, ambition, fear, identity, power, and love. His analysis of what we

stand to gain and lose by changing our beliefs draws upon the results of

an eight-year attempt to dispel the illusion of free will in his own life. The

Spontaneous Self describes the cognitive-emotional techniques he devised

for uprooting the illusion of free will and the personal transformation that

followed when he put those techniques into practice.