Everything is Foreseen, Yet Free will is Given (Mishna Avot 3:15)

Jeremy Wolfe

doi:10.5334/joc.27

Abstract

Jan Theeuwes’ review of visual selection shines a useful spotlight on the role of selection history in determining subsequent deployments of attention. However, he blurs an important distinction between volition and top-down guidance of attention and he underplays the role of both of those factors in the control of attention.

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Everything is Foreseen, Yet Free will is Given (Mishna Avot 3:15)

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