(December 27, 2012 at 8:51 am)Zen Badger Wrote: Freewill is simply the ability to make unpredictable choices. Causality is irrelevant.
Is that how you define free will? This is the first time I've come across that definition. However, if that's the case, then causality is still relevant, since knowing the cause and making the prediction go hand in hand.
(December 27, 2012 at 8:51 am)Zen Badger Wrote: Regardless of the circumstances leading up to a given situation a conscious individual can still make a choice that is not 100% predictable.
Depends on who does the predicting.