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BurningFrog on Oct 31, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Can you use your "free will"? Try your hand

The core of most confusion in the "free will" philosophical debates is that the "free will" concept is undefined, and people assume many different unspoken such definitions when debating it.

earthboundkid on Oct 31, 2023 [–]

That was Hume's position, but we're still arguing even after he set out his definitions. :-)

PaulDavisThe1st on Oct 31, 2023 | [–]

Dennett did better, IMO, in "Elbow Room: the varieties of free will worth wanting"

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