spockrates Wrote:I suppose what I wonder is what you mean by the word you when you say, "What I should have said is that your brain structure may predetermine which choices you will make when faced with different options."
So please let me ask again: Is the you your brain, or something other than your brain?
In this case the "you" is the part of your self that would hypothetically be responsible for exercising free will. That's what I mean when I ask does your brain structure control "you."
As for the question of whether we are our brains, that is actually something you have to answer yourself, because you are the one trying to prove that we have free will.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell