As Dennett says free will is compatible with determinism. As I have said this is if the future is not known.
Whether I believe in free will or not I'm still just as free unless I think that means I have to just lie down on the floor because I can't do anything. That of course is not what free will means. I am just as free if I don't believe in free will as if I do. The belief doesn't change the reality! People who believe in free will aren't any freer than those who don't.
Why would I hope to unite something when my whole point is it makes no real difference in a practical sense either way. We still live in the same world we always have.
I'm interested in whats true. If there's no free will then thats fine by me. If there is that's also fine by me. Either way my change in belief in free will - either way - doesn't change my free will whether I have it or not. Right?
Whether I believe in free will or not I'm still just as free unless I think that means I have to just lie down on the floor because I can't do anything. That of course is not what free will means. I am just as free if I don't believe in free will as if I do. The belief doesn't change the reality! People who believe in free will aren't any freer than those who don't.
Why would I hope to unite something when my whole point is it makes no real difference in a practical sense either way. We still live in the same world we always have.
I'm interested in whats true. If there's no free will then thats fine by me. If there is that's also fine by me. Either way my change in belief in free will - either way - doesn't change my free will whether I have it or not. Right?
