Free will: Dennett says not disproven by current science (Introduction)

by romansh ⌂ @, Sunday, January 18, 2015, 01:34 (3387 days ago) @ David Turell

Anthony Cashmore:
> > >> "Free will is defined as a belief that there is a component to biological behavior that is something more than the unavoidable consequences of the genetic and environmental history of the individual and the possible stochastic laws of nature.
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> Yes, because the statement clearly implies I can willfully override any automatic genetic or environmental issues, in fact any other influences. Do you interpret it differently?
I must I don't read willfully into the definition. Are you suggesting willfulness is simply a result of the biochemical physics that is going on in our brains?


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