Timeline for I can't see how free will exists in a universe that's only causal or random, can I be convinced otherwise?
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| Jul 6, 2018 at 15:45 | answer | added | CriglCragl | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 1:07 | answer | added | Jonathan Cender | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 27, 2018 at 16:36 | vote | accept | Jackson Fox | ||
| Jun 22, 2018 at 20:45 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhilosophy/status/1010262403156774912 | ||
| Jun 17, 2018 at 11:28 | comment | added | Dan Christensen | What difference would it make if "free will" exists? Something to do with being punished or rewarded in an after-life? | |
| Jun 17, 2018 at 0:31 | comment | added | Chelonian | @JacksonFox Well, then, that's a different question than the one you asked. You could ask that as its own question. But a preview answer is: Many people believe in a will that is "causa sui" (self-caused) and therefore neither random nor determined by external forces. It seems to me that it requires a belief in some kind of supernatural aspect. | |
| Jun 16, 2018 at 19:31 | answer | added | nir | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 16, 2018 at 15:52 | vote | accept | Jackson Fox | ||
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| Jun 16, 2018 at 12:01 | comment | added | user20253 | @JacksonFox - Freewill is not a coherent concept in any common formulation. A popular view would be that metaphysically (ultimately) speaking there is no such thing, but that for all practical purposes in life there is such a thing. Thus metaphysics is respected and also our undeniable human experience. This dual-aspect approach is found in mysticism and most notably in Buddhism. | |
| Jun 15, 2018 at 18:05 | comment | added | Jackson Fox | @Chelonian the problem is i cant see random choice or determined choices being free at all. Kind of what I'm trying to ask here is if there is a possible option beyond determinism and randomness. some way of operation in the universe either imperceptible or unknown as of now. What I'm looking for is any possible way to make free will a coherent concept. | |
| Jun 15, 2018 at 14:45 | comment | added | Chelonian | Seems like you saying, "By definition, free will can't be causal, or random...so I can't see how free will exists in a universe that is only causal or only random." Everything depends on your definition of "free will". | |
| Jun 15, 2018 at 14:00 | answer | added | Frank Hubeny | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 15, 2018 at 6:50 | answer | added | Geoffrey Thomas♦ | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 15, 2018 at 6:34 | comment | added | Mauro ALLEGRANZA | The issue of Free will is complex... Maybe we do not live in a "universe of pure causality or randomness". | |
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| Jun 15, 2018 at 1:47 | comment | added | virmaior | Possible duplicate of How is free-will formally defined as distinct from determinism, randomness and determinism-randomness hybrid to support moral responsibility? | |
| Jun 15, 2018 at 0:22 | comment | added | Frank Hubeny | I made some minor edits. You may roll them back or further edit if you find them inappropriate. Mark Balaguer's Free Will discusses the possibility of libertarian and physicalist free will. There's a chat room open on the general topic of free will determinism and fatalism if you want to discuss it further. chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/76868/… Welcome to this SE! | |
| Jun 15, 2018 at 0:19 | history | edited | Frank Hubeny | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2018 at 0:10 | history | asked | Jackson Fox | CC BY-SA 4.0 |