RE: If free will was not real
July 29, 2016 at 9:51 pm
(This post was last modified: July 29, 2016 at 9:57 pm by quip.)
(July 29, 2016 at 8:07 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(July 29, 2016 at 4:07 pm)quip Wrote: Any action you propose to take remains contingent upon a near infinite set of circumstances. The very capacity to exist, to facilitate a conscious will itself was brought about by action of your biological parents (beyond your control/influence). Likewise all willed action hitherto; conditions anterior to your decision to enjoy ice cream exist far beyond your past experiences of it. This can hardly be considered "free" ....perhaps only in the limited, proximate sense.
So there's no kind of free will other than the "limited, proximate" kind we're talking about-- that there is no impediment or compulsion which prevents us from manifesting the intent of the person in the world around us.
You describe simply a bounded will, 'free' need not apply, it's superfluous.