RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
November 19, 2023 at 10:32 am
Sure, but on it's own it's an evergreen observation.
Even if we do have a free will, it's absolutely nothing like what we imagined it to be, nothing like what it reports itself as. The entire project of compatibilism is to establish how our will may not be free but it's free enough for brain work.
I suppose, though, we'd have to allow that beliefs about free will may not be self deception. Maybe it's cultural. We're incredibly suggestable. It's not just that we can be convinced. We can be conditioned. To the point that we don't know where our identity ends and the product begins.
Even if we do have a free will, it's absolutely nothing like what we imagined it to be, nothing like what it reports itself as. The entire project of compatibilism is to establish how our will may not be free but it's free enough for brain work.
I suppose, though, we'd have to allow that beliefs about free will may not be self deception. Maybe it's cultural. We're incredibly suggestable. It's not just that we can be convinced. We can be conditioned. To the point that we don't know where our identity ends and the product begins.
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