Tag: free will
Dr. Egnor on Free Will and the “Alien Hand”
A reader asked whether this disproves the unity and freedom of the will. It appears that the patient wills two things simultaneously: getting dressed and getting undressed.
On Free Choice, Consider the Compatibilist Option
Jerry Coyne thinks that criminals don’t have a “choice.” (What are those quotation marks doing there?)
Jerry Coyne and the Consequences of Denying Free Will
Without free will, there is no guilt and there is no innocence. There are merely animals to be managed.
To Refute Materialism, Consider a Chocolate Sundae
Either a mind through free will alone may cause scientifically measurable change in the physical world, or we are forced back to embrace blather.
Neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield on Free Will
Materialists claim that neuroscience has demonstrated that free will is an illusion.