Post by account_disabled on Dec 12, 2017 14:08:14 GMT
Hi,
In my submission, the concept of "free will" is usually given a meaning that is so meaninglessly broad that it is impossible to be true. My definition of "free will", which I suggest be considered the most correct, is that any given mind is able to make decisions to promulgate its will, free of interference by the wills of other minds. That essentially makes "free will" a usable, social concept, rather than a definitionally meaningless construct.
Determinism, meanwhile, says simply that, because all that is in the present is necessarily influenced by nothing other than the past, and that because all of the future is influenced by nothing other than the present then, because the past cannot be changed, the future is inherently determinate (but at the same time inescapably indiscoverable).
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In my submission, the concept of "free will" is usually given a meaning that is so meaninglessly broad that it is impossible to be true. My definition of "free will", which I suggest be considered the most correct, is that any given mind is able to make decisions to promulgate its will, free of interference by the wills of other minds. That essentially makes "free will" a usable, social concept, rather than a definitionally meaningless construct.
Determinism, meanwhile, says simply that, because all that is in the present is necessarily influenced by nothing other than the past, and that because all of the future is influenced by nothing other than the present then, because the past cannot be changed, the future is inherently determinate (but at the same time inescapably indiscoverable).
For more details:
3D Explainer Video