RE: Free Will Debate
November 27, 2021 at 12:01 pm
(This post was last modified: November 27, 2021 at 12:03 pm by polymath257.)
It seems that people frame 'free will' in a way that requires it to be an 'uncaused cause'. Is that seriously what people mean by 'free will'?
So, once again, what is the significance of the adjective 'free' in this context? The decision was 'made by me' in that the *decision* was an event in *my* brain. I based that decision on my experiences, desires, thoughts, etc. How is that *not* free?
(November 27, 2021 at 12:01 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote:(November 27, 2021 at 11:18 am)polymath257 Wrote: I made a choice: that choice was determined by my psychology. I was uncertain about hat I wanted to do, I felt the urge to decide the way I did. And then I did it. How is that *not* 'will'? Willing the choice is part of the causal sequence.
It is will, just not a free will.
So, once again, what is the significance of the adjective 'free' in this context? The decision was 'made by me' in that the *decision* was an event in *my* brain. I based that decision on my experiences, desires, thoughts, etc. How is that *not* free?
