The Spontaneous Self
Viable Alternatives to Free Will
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Publisher Description
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.