Free-will is an inconsistent concept.
What people think of as "free-will" is really just agency. We have agency. We make choices for our own interests. Making choices is a computation. A computation requires a causal framework underlying it. Causality isn't free.
Now, our conscious choices are not "simple" computation. The brain works in a different mode of operation from a normal computer. The mode of operation gives us both agency and an internal narrative of self.
Now, if the mind is not fully dependent on the brain, and it possesses a supernatural soul that possesses "free will", how does that operate? Are choices uncaused? If not, then one must posit a causal supernatural framework on which the soul operates. Occam's razor requires us to throw away the whole idea.
What people think of as "free-will" is really just agency. We have agency. We make choices for our own interests. Making choices is a computation. A computation requires a causal framework underlying it. Causality isn't free.
Now, our conscious choices are not "simple" computation. The brain works in a different mode of operation from a normal computer. The mode of operation gives us both agency and an internal narrative of self.
Now, if the mind is not fully dependent on the brain, and it possesses a supernatural soul that possesses "free will", how does that operate? Are choices uncaused? If not, then one must posit a causal supernatural framework on which the soul operates. Occam's razor requires us to throw away the whole idea.