After 25 hundred years, are we still debating free will and determinism? I'll let either of you jump in there. i think philosophy got off on the wrong foot when socrates and plato convinced people that they should look for essential properties and try them. The fact that we're still debating it after two thousand years reflects on its philosophical and practical importance. What you think about free will is going to impact what you think about into personal relationships or certain types of moral practices.