http://www.neurevolution.net/2007/11/06/the-will-to-be-free-part-ii/ Chronicling the cognitive revolution in neuroscience Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:32:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.neurevolution.net/2007/11/06/the-will-to-be-free-part-ii/#comment-4806 M.C. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:55:57 +0000 http://www.neurevolution.net/2007/11/06/the-will-to-be-free-part-ii/#comment-4806 I suppose I'm a compatiblist regarding free will and determinism. Even if I could always predict a person's next action I would still consider him/her as having free will (as long as those actions weren't strongly coerced by another individual). I don't think free will and determinism are polar opposites. I suppose I’m a compatiblist regarding free will and determinism. Even if I could always predict a person’s next action I would still consider him/her as having free will (as long as those actions weren’t strongly coerced by another individual). I don’t think free will and determinism are polar opposites.

]]> http://www.neurevolution.net/2007/11/06/the-will-to-be-free-part-ii/#comment-4805 M.C. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:52:48 +0000 http://www.neurevolution.net/2007/11/06/the-will-to-be-free-part-ii/#comment-4805 I wonder, though, if we could always accurately predict what someone was going to do before they did it, wouldn't this prove determinism? It would be strong evidence for determinism at the very least. I wonder, though, if we could always accurately predict what someone was going to do before they did it, wouldn’t this prove determinism? It would be strong evidence for determinism at the very least.

]]> http://www.neurevolution.net/2007/11/06/the-will-to-be-free-part-ii/#comment-4802 Paul Martin Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:32:35 +0000 http://www.neurevolution.net/2007/11/06/the-will-to-be-free-part-ii/#comment-4802 In a universe of one-way time and no do-overs, at least from our perspective, I see no possibility of demonstrating either free will or determinism - which I think is why this has been debated for centuries. In a universe of one-way time and no do-overs, at least from our perspective, I see no possibility of demonstrating either free will or determinism - which I think is why this has been debated for centuries.

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