Free will: Dennett says not disproven by current science (Introduction)

by David Turell, (4302 days ago) @ romansh

Rom:-> https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/dan-dennett-misguided-about-free-wi... > I think this is a good review of the Dennett saga. I would disagree with a few words and phrases that Coyne uses ... but I could use his arguments to fit my own. > > And this is a useful link to check periodically as to the free will thoughts of Jerry Coyne. > https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/category/free-will/-I can accept this from Coyne:-"My own definition of free will is a traditional notion, one expressed by molecular biologist Anthony Cashmore:- "Free will is defined as a belief that there is a component to biological behavior that is something more than the unavoidable consequences of the genetic and environmental history of the individual and the possible stochastic laws of nature.-"This is what is commonly called “dualistic” or “contracausal” free will, in which people can somehow, by processes that bypass physical strictures, change their behaviors and choices."

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