Verschmierte Spuren der Unfreiheit: Wissenschaftsphilosophische Klarstellung zu angeblichen Artefakten bei Benjamin Libet (2013)
Benjamin Libet's celebrated experiments concerning freedom (1983 etc.) elicited numerous attempts of repudiation. Ten years ago, however, Judy Trevena and Jeff Miller published a objection; they claim to have detected a ,,smearing artifact" in Libet's calculations. This rests on a misunderstanding of Libet's methodology (about which he had not been quite explicit). In my reconstruction of Libet's argument, he draws an abductive inference to the best explanation. Now, Trevena's and Miller's objection does indeed lead to alternative explanations of Libet's measurements. These alternatives are and extremely improbable (as can be seen by constructing them explicitely). They constitute worse explanations than the explanation offered by Libet.
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