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Free Will: Determinism, Compatibilism, and Philosophy of Mind

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You Can't Will What You Wish, but You Don't Want That

Even the desire to be a good person seems to come out of nowhere, like there are kermudgeons who have that sensation. So i don't control the fact that i'm the sort of person that has the desire to no longer be an ass whole and go about doing it, you know. I think this is just muddled thinking, cause i think that's inconceivable. Of course, you can't will what you will, because it doesn't, it doesn't mean anything. There's no meaning to this. You can't spit. If we don't have free will, it has to be conceivable. It can't be something inconceivable.

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