RE: Free will
April 22, 2016 at 7:28 pm
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2016 at 7:29 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
If determinism is true, libertarian free will cannot exist.
If indeterminism is true, libertarian free will cannot exist.
In both cases compatabilist free will can exist, but it is simply "will" being redefined as "free will", it's a silly definition that dodges the genuine question. Many philosophers go that route because it's an easy answer, a substitution for a genuine question -- and I'm not going to listen to an appeal to authority "But most philosophers are compatabilists" I don't give a fuck.
If indeterminism is true, libertarian free will cannot exist.
In both cases compatabilist free will can exist, but it is simply "will" being redefined as "free will", it's a silly definition that dodges the genuine question. Many philosophers go that route because it's an easy answer, a substitution for a genuine question -- and I'm not going to listen to an appeal to authority "But most philosophers are compatabilists" I don't give a fuck.