RE: Free Will
December 26, 2012 at 5:32 am
(This post was last modified: December 26, 2012 at 5:33 am by genkaus.)
(December 26, 2012 at 1:45 am)Jaxl Wrote: In the context of atheism, is there such a thing as free will?
Yes.
(December 26, 2012 at 1:45 am)Jaxl Wrote: Or are all decisions made simply the result of neurons, dendrites, action potentials, and molecules bouncing around in my head?
Yes, that's true as well.
(December 26, 2012 at 3:29 am)Zen Badger Wrote: Since the actions of emergent systems can never be accurately modelled there is always room for random chance.
As an emergent system the mind is capable of random and therefore unpredictable actions.
Therefore freewill exists.
I disagree with your premise that existence of freewill requires the capacity for random and unpredictable actions.