Nihilism

[DLJ]

I just currently read about the problem of free will. And whilst doing that i discovered that free will doesnt actually exist. This has thrown me into some kind of Nihilistic Worldview...
Any thoughtsß

Free will does exist. It's just not what you think it is.

Have some Dennett...





And some Camus for dessert...

Nihilism is where it's at.

But ... "One must imagine Sisyphus happy."

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Determinism might imply that our choices and efforts have earlier sufficient causes; it does not imply that we don’t make choices or that our choices and efforts are causally impotent. Determinism is consistent with the fact that our deliberation, choices and efforts are part of the causal process whereby our bodies move and cause further effects in the world. And a cause is the kind of thing that “makes a difference” (Sartorio 2005). If I raise my hand because I chose to do so, then it’s true, ceteris paribus, that if my choice had not occurred, my hand-raising would not have occurred.

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/incom...llIncoDete

Except the hand is not raised through 'choice'.

Choice happens in the governance layer.

The movement of the arm is determined by the management software (the next turtle down).

I recently browsed a series of Searle's lectures. He made this same mistake. Much disappoint.