The very fact that anyone thinks anything is almost impossible to reconcile with a fully deterministic view.
On the other hand, @SamHarrisOrg's perspective robs us if free will without physical determinism. If some version of the question is worth sleeplessness, that's the one.https://twitter.com/seanonolennon/status/971223011087990784 …
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A concrete example might be instructive. I don't want to bias the discussion by suggesting anything, so, if you would, please pick an example of an exercise of your free will. Any example you wish. The stronger case, the better.
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I have not written a letter to my best friend in a long time, and I love her very much, and there are things that I have to say to her, and I don't think that there is anything more important to do, so I write a letter, to be sent in the morning.
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"Free Will is the ability to act on what one believes to be right." We've all got a lot of beliefs, what makes specific beliefs operative in the moments preceding an action?
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The attribution of free will depends on the particular framework that is used in making that judgement, and we will often be unable to come to a clear decision. The more integrity we achieve, the easier it seems to apply the concept of free will to describe our intentional acts.
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