281 | Samir Okasha on the Philosophy of Agency and Evolution
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
The Metaphysical Issue of Free Will and Determinism in Philosophy
The concept of free will versus determinism raises a metaphysical issue in philosophy. It is a deep puzzle as deterministic worldviews seem incompatible with free will. Even if the world were indeterministic, true human freedom cannot be mere randomness without causal antecedents. The incompatibility of free will with both determinism and indeterminism suggests a possible self-contradiction in our concept of free will. This challenges the assumption that biological or neuroscientific explanations alone can resolve the issue, emphasizing the importance of addressing questions of moral responsibility.
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