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Helen Steward: Do We Have Free Will?

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Is Free Will Incompatible With Determinism?

Free will is a capacity that we think we've got to do other than we do, right? Most people are talking about the potential conflict with determinism. But i don't feel terrifically troubled by that, because i just don't think determinism is true. So no problem there. Is it worth quitus, perhaps, just, could you, e haps just say a little bit more about what we mean by free will? I know this is part of the whole issue, but is free will just denial of determinismthe hard determinist position? A, that tha think our actions, that our behaviour isn't determined by preceding physical conditions, o, something ot nature

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