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Free Will vs. Determinism?

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Free Will vs. Determinism?
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RE: Free Will vs. Determinism?
December 16, 2011 at 10:40 am
Thanks for that, nice one.
I have come across quantum indeterminately as an explanation of free will before. But, his point that rationality added via the interface of the brain/consciousness. Is a new one and a good one. Explaining how choices are rational, within limits, and how the random element (which must be present in a causal universe to explain free will) is rationalised and so a useful tool, rather than a hindrance.
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Free Will vs. Determinism?

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Free Will vs. Determinism? - by Perhaps - December 16, 2011 at 12:50 am
RE: Free Will vs. Determinism? - by Whateverist - December 16, 2011 at 1:35 am
RE: Free Will vs. Determinism? - by Hoptoad - December 16, 2011 at 10:40 am

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