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#419 Christian List: Why Free Will Is Real

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The Challenge From Epiphenomenalism

The challenge from epiphenomenalism claims that when I act it's not my conscious mental state that is the cause of the action but rather some subconscious physical brain state over which I have no control. The free will skeptics who argue along those lines tend to come from two different directions, he says. "Some skeptics would raise a relatively conceptual argument while others would raise a more neuroscientific argument"

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