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You also have to explain why will is changed when the brain is damaged. Really hard to justify free will (IMO) when a person's entire personality can be fundam
by cogman10 2y ago
You also have to explain why will is changed when the brain is damaged.
Really hard to justify free will (IMO) when a person's entire personality can be fundamentally altered by a bash to the head. What does "free will" mean if everything that makes you you can be changed with, say, a lobotomy.
It is, at best, an illusion and nothing more.
- ruthmarx 2y agoThere is no illusion, and brain damage has no bearing on free will. Free will is simply you making a choice, that's it. If you want to argue about what 'you' means, feel free, but it doesn't really change anything here.
- n4r9 2y agoWhat is "choice"? Is it simply executing one of a set of possibilities? If you take such a general definition of free will, then a slot machine is manifesting it's free will to deny you a payout.
- ruthmarx 2y agoMaking a decision either on impulse, intuition, or rational preferences. > Is it simply executing one of a set of possibilities? If you take such a general definition of free will, then a slot machine is manifesting it's free will to deny you a payout. Sure, or even just a dice. Except that's a rather silly definition of free will since it omits the 'will' part, i.e. thought.