
168. Daniel Dennett & Gregg Caruso — Just Deserts: Debating Free Will (moderated by Michael Shermer)
The Michael Shermer Show
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Determinism Is Truth, It's Not Indeterminism
Determinism does not tie our hands. It does not imprison us. It does not prevent us from turning over a new leaf. All of those things are open in a very straightforward sense. The idea that there's some metaphysical condition free will, which depends crucially on whether or not determine tis istru, that's just a pantasy. It goes back to democritus and it's just time to abandon it.
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