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The ability to choose between options without the choice being determined by prior conditions or influences.
by exolymph 10y ago
The ability to choose between options without the choice being determined by prior conditions or influences.
- pasquinelli 10y agoso then what else informs a free agent's choice?
- pessimizer 10y agoAnd if you have a free agent without prior conditions or influences - how was it made?
- Natsu 10y agoThe definitions of 'determined' and 'influence' are at odds with one another in your definition.
- euyyn 10y agoIt would seem to me that the act of choosing isn't but deciding which alternative is preferred. And so impossible to separate completely from prior conditions or influences. So the question would then become what does "determined" mean in your definition?
- breuleux 10y agoIf a person's choice is mostly determined by the state of their brain at the moment of choosing, would that count as a "prior condition"? It would mean the choice is mostly determined by their "self", but the definition you give isn't clear about whether that would count as free will or not.