Free will relies on agent-causation. Performing and action that you are the sole cause would be free will. You would have a free thought, a thought...
We are just one big complicated set of billiard balls. The causal chain is not seen clearly like it is with billiard balls, so it seems free to us.
Exactly Nasor, that is why we don't have free will. "We do what we want to do" based on reasons. These reasons ARE the prior causes. Reasoning is...
Rosnet - I know what you are saying, except you are re-defining free will. Of course we can do what we want. Our "wants" are determined. We...
good points guys there are always people who will talk foolishly. Saying whats on your mind is one thing, but you should always think before you...
In all aspects of life the amount of confidence you have the greater control you have over what happens to you. Social interaction is all about...
The type of free will we have is really not free. It can be more accurately defined as DETERMINED WILL. Compatibalism is illogical because FREE...
Awesome! I am surprisingly pleased by this thread. The issue of free will remains confusing for me, but currently I am leaning towards this...
We can adjust the sails, but we were caused to adjust the sails. We were caused to adjust the sails by how we interpreted the weather conditions,...
If your locked in jail, you have the illusion of being unable to do what you please. If you are a billionaire, you have the illusion of being able...
Chomsky has turned linguistics into a joke, with his speculation and radical ideas about innate language. He believes we are born with an innate...
you should write a book on determinism
"the limited number of 'choices' we have is not why we are not free; we are not free because in reality there is no choice, regardless of how many...
Objectivism is correct at its foundation. We are all innately selfish. The word selfish is misused. Basically you have people who only look at...
Yes, its determined by infinite relationships.
Free will advocates believe that without free will people could not be held accountable for their actions because they wouldn't be responsible for...
onefinity - irrevelent hypothetical. "the self" requires "the other" to define itself. You cannot have one without the other because they are...
The causal chain is based on event-causation. But certain free will proponents advocate agent-causation. As shown here: "Free will exists. Like...
dr. cello - I agree with you. Free will is an illusion. But we still must be able to differentiate between humans and inanimate objects....
There are 2 levels of freedom. Freedom within a determined universe. And freedom from a determined universe. I think it is impossible to have free...
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