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Do Humans Have Compulsary Will? Which best describes your take on 'will'?

Poll: What is "will" to you?
This poll is closed.
Radically free in the full blooded libertarian sense.
0%
 0 0%
Free but inescapably (and thankfully) constrained.
17.65%
 3 17.65%
Compulsory. Nothing gets willed unless I get off my lazy ass.
5.88%
 1 5.88%
Free when not impeded by the will of another or circumstances beyond my feeble powers.
11.76%
 2 11.76%
"Will" is an illusion of the mind, a concept believed by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
23.53%
 4 23.53%
Will is epiphenomenal, a byproduct of useful processes of the brain.
23.53%
 4 23.53%
Other please explain unless the repeated call to so causes nausea. Check with your doctor to see if your constitution is strong enough for this debate.
17.65%
 3 17.65%
Total 17 vote(s) 100%
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RE: Do Humans Have Compulsary Will? Which best describes your take on 'will'?
May 28, 2015 at 7:02 pm
(May 28, 2015 at 5:12 pm)Exian Wrote:
(May 28, 2015 at 2:16 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Being illusory means that there is a conception of it that is more accurate to what is really occurring.

I really like how you worded everything, but this last bit gave me pause. Maybe you could explain this a bit better for me. I'll try to illustrate my confusion: Lets say a thing has 10 details that's describe it. Then Bob comes along and describes the thing with 20 details. Is Bob really more accurate?

Accuracy in the scientific sense.  I'm primarily concerned with explaining metaphysical details with naturalistic explanations.
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RE: Do Humans Have Compulsary Will? Which best describes your take on 'will'? - by Angrboda - May 28, 2015 at 7:02 pm

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