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I'm not convinced. At least not by the summary this article puts forward. Perhaps the world isn't deterministic (although how could we possibly know?). Even if
by asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago
I'm not convinced. At least not by the summary this article puts forward. Perhaps the world isn't deterministic (although how could we possibly know?). Even if it isn't, that non-determinism is only visible at the smallest of scales. Whether an electron is here or there is hardly likely to be caused by my mental states. So, if we don't have free will, at best we have random will. That is not free will as most people conceive of it.
To the whole section about human behavior being too complex to explain in terms of fundamental physics, my answer is: it can't be explained in terms of fundamental physics yet. But, again, given sufficient time, research, and computational power, it seems highly likely that eventually human behavior will be explained in terms of fundamental physics. Or at least, we will be able to simulate a human (or higher animal) brain with sufficient resolution so as to demonstrate that there are no other inputs to cognition than current state + laws of physics. I really don't see how our current inability to explain human behavior physically has any bearing on the question of cognitive determinism.