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Lack of determinism is not the same as free will. Being constrained to the past to include the future (i.e. some probability distribution over possible choice
by yters 17y ago
Lack of determinism is not the same as free will. Being constrained to the past to include the future (i.e. some probability distribution over possible choice states) is still a mechanism embedding stochastic processes, and can be modelled algorithmically.
To really get to free will we also need teleological causation:
danielnolanphil.googlepages.com/TeleologyHawthorneNolan.pdf
Also, here are empirical results from my research showing we are capable of teleological causation and thus have free will:
http://www.box.net/shared/u13u3agxqg http://www.box.net/shared/u13u3agxqg