?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=PRECONSCIOUS+FREE+WILL%0A%0A&rft.creator=Velmans%2C+Prof+Max&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=This+paper+responds+to+continuing+commentary+on+Velmans+(2002a)+%E2%80%9CHow+could+conscious+experiences+affect+brains%2C%E2%80%9D+a+target+article+for+a+special+issue+of+JCS.+I+focus+on+the+final+question+dealt+with+by+the+target+article%3A+how+free+will+relates+to+preconscious+and+conscious+mental+processing%2C+and+I+develop+the+case+for+preconscious+free+will.++Although+%E2%80%9Cpreconscious+free+will%E2%80%9D+might+appear+to+be+a+contradiction+in+terms%2C+it+is+consistent+with+the+scientific+evidence+and+provides+a+parsimonious+way+to+reconcile+the+commonsense+view+that+voluntary+acts+are+freely+chosen+with+the+evidence+that+conscious+wishes+and+decisions+are+determined+by+preconscious+processing+in+the+mind%2Fbrain.++I+consider+alternative+interpretations+of+how+%E2%80%9Cconscious+free+will%E2%80%9D+might+operate+by+Libet+and+by+Mangan+and+respond+to+doubts+about+the+extent+to+which+the+operations+of+mind+are+revealed+in+consciousness%2C+raised+by+Claxton+and+Bouratinos.+In+reconciling+commonsense+attributions+of+freedom+and+responsibility+with+the+findings+of+science%2C+preconscious+free+will+can+be+shown+to+have+practical+consequences+for+adjudications+in+law.+&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3382%2F1%2FCogprints_PRECONSCIOUS_FREE_WILL.htm&rft.identifier=++Velmans%2C+Prof+Max++(2003)+PRECONSCIOUS+FREE+WILL.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3382%2F