We’re nowhere close to possessing the knowledge necessary to assert the illusory nature of free will as anything approaching material fact.
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If we take "free will" to mean that one's mind can transcend what its brain has intended for it, I see no evidence for this. All signs point to a strictly physicalist relationship between mind and brain.
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Unless that rollercoaster was sentient and wanted to go where it pleased.
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I don’t think free-will’s an illusion. There are things that are pre-determined & things we can effect. Sometimes by orders of magnitude & other times minuscule. We can choose one over other, even if one were to assume the choices given to us to choose from were pre determined.
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I think that free will being an illusion is compatible with compatiblism.
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Even if something is predetermined if it is unpredictable/unknowable isn't it like being random?
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I think saying "there is no free will" is too misunderstood to actually promote, even if it can technically be correct. People believe that with no free will, nothing matters or has consequences. Your explanation is good, but I doubt will alleviate the misunderstanding.
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Free will may be an illusion, but I don't really see what saying there is no free will helps. Its more a matter of definition of what "will" is anyway.
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Coasters break and fly off the tracks sometimes
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