/lit/ - Literature

>>4891496

You sound like you already have an excellent handle on the subject, but there is always more to learn. Try this book by Sam Harris.

Then I would read Daniel Dennett's criticism for perspective:

http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/reflections-on-free-will

Has anyone read this. What do you think of his argument?

A belief in no free will does not have to stem from determinism. Genetic predisposition and environmental influences are the only things which we have to base our decisions upon. In that sense, we have no 'free will'. We still make choices, yet if we were to look back on our lives the way they turned out is the only way they could have, they aren't predetermined but we are essentially extremely complex causal puppets. Sam Harris' 80 page extended essay is worth a read.

A belief in no free will does not have to stem from determinism. Genetic predisposition and environmental influences are the only things which we have to base our decisions upon. In that sense, we have no 'free will'. We still make choices, yet if we were to look back on our lives the way they turned out is the only way they could have, they aren't predetermined but we are essentially extremely complex causal puppets. Sam Harris' 80 page extended essay is worth a read.