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Episode #182 ... What if free will is an illusion?

Philosophize This!

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The Polar Opposite of Free Will Determinism

If you're a hard determinist, free will cannot exist for your position to remain coherent. If you're a libertarian free will kind of person, then hard determinism can't be true. Theories that land in this area of the spectrum are going to be known as compatibilism. Their job is to figure out to what extent are you free? What specific portion of our thinking or our minds are actually making these free choices? It doesn't need to be an all or nothing.

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