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In what way is the way the brain works predetermined?
If the input and the equation (her neural circuits) stay the same, the outcome will also always stay the same.There could have been a million other outcomes; she could have chosen to leave the pen alone or pick up another one
The conclusion of my answer is that the question in the OP is a wrong question.
That is why people don't have a agreeable answer to it.
Sorry, why did you say it was a wrong question? I didn't get what you meant before.
I think people don't agree because there are various reasons people are biased about whether we are free or not.
No, I mean "free exercise of a (possibly) not free will", as the poster described it.Do you mean "free will"?
There are several consistent definitions out there.Because there is no good definition on what the free will is.
That's why I wrote the following:So people simply make up their own definition. When the definition is different, the answer will be different.
Do you think free will exists? If so, which form of free will do you believe in?
No, he didn't. Being free to exercise your will is different from having a free will.Do you mean "free will"?
Because there is no good definition on what the free will is. So people simply make up their own definition. When the definition is different, the answer will be different.
Well generally the definition is included in the answer. So the question isn't only 'are we free', but also 'what does it mean to have a free will'.
No, I mean "free exercise of a (possibly) not free will", as the poster described it.
Then I suggest you start answering the second one.We should answer the second one before answering the first one.
Then I suggest you start answering the second one.
You are free to do that in the sense that no external factors prevent you from doing it. You are not free in the sense that your willingness or unwillingness to do it is already predetermined.You make a guess: will I choose to do it or not to do it?
Am I free to do that?
In that what you will is not freely chosen but determined.If it were not a free will, how could you exercise it freely?
No.You WILL die. But you can choose to live or to die. Does it make sense?
Don't focus too much on the poll. The poll is merely about what you would consider your view to be, regardless of the definition of free will that you assume. If you can't reduce your view like that, that's okay, though.It would depend on what the OP means by "free will".
In that what you will is not freely chosen but determined.
No.
You are free to do that in the sense that no external factors prevent you from doing it. You are not free in the sense that your willingness or unwillingness to do it is already predetermined.
By the way, will you please stop evading my question?
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