Indeed, many believe that all cognitive processes can be brought under conscious control, that any individual can make changes in how he thinks, what he feels, and how he acts, if only his determination is strong enough. This is the view than Daniel Wegner (2002) has challenged as "the illusion of free will." Although he acknowledges that this illusion has adaptive functions, Wegner quotes approvingly Bernard Schlink's (1997) words,
I don't mean to say that the thinking and reaching decisions have no influence on behavior. But behavior does not merely enact what has already been thought through and decided. It has is own sources. (p. 342)
Yale University Press, 2005, New Haven, 0-300-10641-6
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