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Martin Heisenberg (born 7 August 1940) is a German neurobiologist and geneticist. Before his retirement in 2008, he held the professorial chair for genetics and neurobiology at the Bio Centre of the University of Würzburg. Since then, he continues his research with a senior professorship at the Rudolf Virchow Center of the University of Würzburg
Martin Heisenberg (* 7. August 1940 in München) ist ein deutscher Neurobiologe und Genetiker. Er war von 1975 bis 2009 Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Genetik und Neurobiologie am Biozentrum der Universität Würzburg und hat seit 2010 eine Senior-Professur am Rudolf-Virchow-Zentrum der Universität Würzburg inne.
Martin Heisenberg is the son of Werner Heisenberg, who formulated the uncertainty principle . Heisenberg has found evidence for free will, in the elementary sense of randomness followed by lawful behavior, in fruit flies and even bacteria. This is a two-stage model of free will in the tradition of a small group of scientists and philosophers ...
May 13, 2009 · 58 Citations. 66 Altmetric. Metrics. Scientists and philosophers are using new discoveries in neuroscience to question the idea of free will. They are misguided, says Martin Heisenberg....
- Martin Heisenberg
- 2009
Martin Heisenberg realized early on that such active processes entail the sort of fundamental freedom required for a modern concept of free will and keeps prominently advocating this insight today . John Searle has described free will as the belief ‘that we could often have done otherwise than we in fact did’ [ 92 ].
- Björn Brembs
- 2011
ESSAY. NATURE|Vol 459|14 May 2009. Is free will an illusion? Scientists and philosophers are using new discoveries in neuroscience to question the idea of free will. They are misguided, says...
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Martin Heisenberg (b. 7 August 1940) is a German neurobiologist and geneticist. As of 2006, he is the chair for genetics and neurobiology at the bio centre of the University of Würzburg.
