According to eyewitness testimony”: free will, defendant’s and eyewitnesses free-choice and “criminally responsible” judgement.

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Unit:
Διαπανεπιστημιακό ΠΜΣ Βασική και Εφαρμοσμένη Γνωσιακή Επιστήμη
Library of the School of Science
Deposit date:
2014-09-24
Year:
2014
Author:
Φουρτουλάκης Κωνσταντίνος
Supervisors info:
Αριστείδης Χατζής Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής (Επιβλέπων), Βιρβιδάκης Στέλιος Καθηγητής,Γκότσης Γεώργιος Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής
Original Title:
Βάσει καταθέσεων των αυτοπτών μαρτύρων»: ελευθερία της βούλησης, αυτοβουλία των κατηγορουμένων και των αυτοπτών μαρτύρων και απόδοση ποινικής ευθύνης
Languages:
Greek
Translated title:
According to eyewitness testimony”: free will, defendant’s and eyewitnesses free-choice and “criminally responsible” judgement.
Summary:
In this paper we analyze the problem of free will, especially as expressed in
the dimension of illegal behaviour, while considered the question of eyewitness
memory and testimony of these illegal acts.
We formulate the conceptual framework of free will, in connection with the
social context, and we critically review various theories and literature on the
issue. Analyzing the parameters for the structured individual behavior, we
consider the parameter of human neurophysiology and brain function. In this
framework, we investigate whether the illegal behavior is always a conscious
one and the result of free will, or this behavior is also determined by other
factors, such as biology, neurophysiology, hormone system, etc.
Also, we investigate how memory is formed, in order to determine the way
eyewitnesses are giving their testimony. There is an analysis of the parameters
under which the witness initially acquires the image of the event, of how
recalls the incident and how the withdrawal leads to the deposit of the
testimony.
Keywords:
Free will, Cognitive science, Defendant’s free will, Memory formation, Eyewitness memory
Index:
No
Number of index pages:
0
Contains images:
Yes
Number of references:
33
Number of pages:
42
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