(September 26, 2012 at 2:33 pm)Tino Wrote: So I'm asking for an experiment that really gets to the heart of it. I believe I'm free to follow my will. If I'm not, someone ought to be able to place me or someone else in an experiment that shows I can't act on my will as freely as I believe.
Experiments are unnecessary. All you need to do is study Tourette Syndrome.
As I said in my previous post, it's not as simple as free-will vs determinism. Sometimes you're able to make your own choices, sometimes your neurology & psychology make them for you and all you can do is act. When & how these options maifest appears to be individualistic: some can control their actions when others can't. Rather than seeing free-will & determinism as dichotomous, I see them as complicitous.
Sum ergo sum
