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Free Will: (Literally) An Intelligent Choice

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Free will is self-determinism and results from the application of intelligence to causality. Nothing about free will is unnatural or supernatural: it's entirely consistent with causality. Read the discussion, "Free Will Explained" to find out how

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The featured discussion, "Free Will Explained" details exactly how free will is real yet completely compatible with determinism (causality).

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Free Will and the Bible

Started by Atheist Exile. Last reply by Johnny P Sep 2, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes

Some assert that man has free will. Some assert that all is determined. Some say (as I do) that free will is compatible with determinism. The…Continue

Tags: paradox, determinism, causality, epictetus, self-determinism

Michio Kaku: Quantum Physics Ends the Free Will Debate

Started by Atheist Exile. Last reply by Johnny P Sep 2, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Michio's point seems to be that because of quantum uncertainty, you can't necessarily predict a future event based on a past one. Watch for yourself. Continue

Interesting article: The Brain on Trial

Started by Atheist Exile Jun 21, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

This article shoots all kinds of holes into free will . . . but not self-determinism :-) It's a long article but I think you'll find it very absorbing.The Brain on TrialAdvances in brain science are…Continue

Free Will: Explained

Started by Atheist Exile. Last reply by Johnny P Dec 3, 2010. 11 Replies 0 Likes

This post takes my latest arguments for free will and tries to address all the feedback I've received recently. Over the course of a year or so, as I blogged and debated about free will, I came to…Continue

Tags: paradox, self-determinism, will, free, destiny

Video: Dennett on Free Will

Started by Atheist Exile. Last reply by Atheist Exile Mar 6, 2010. 2 Replies 0 Likes

I felt this video took 10 minutes to say what should have been said in 1 minute. Maybe you'll find more in it than I did. This video is VERY long. I post it here because of the question and answer…Continue

Tags: evitability, will, free, dennett

Randomness - sand in the Vaseline?

Started by Howard S. Dunn. Last reply by Howard S. Dunn Mar 6, 2010. 32 Replies 0 Likes

Every single event we cannot accurately predict represents one of two conditions (or a mixture of the two):1. a lack of information or ability to process that information on our part2. true…Continue

Location, location: Video about free will

Started by Atheist Exile Mar 4, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes

The following professionally produced video presents a well-reasoned opinion about free will. Check it out. Continue

Tags: descartes, epicurus, causality, free will, determinism

The Problem with Determinism

Started by Atheist Exile. Last reply by Atheist Exile Feb 27, 2010. 21 Replies 0 Likes

Free Will is an Illusion?When it comes to philosophical discussions, what can be said of everything can be said of nothing. It's meaningless and dogmatic to apply such pat answers to dismiss all…Continue

Tags: causality, determinism, dogma, intelligence, free will

Prognostication: The Key to Compatibilism

Started by Atheist Exile. Last reply by Atheist Exile Feb 18, 2010. 2 Replies 0 Likes

My position on free will is that there's no logical reason to abandon the empiricalevidence of our experience in favor of the claim that free will is anillusion. Everybody, everywhere, has empirical…Continue

Tags: animate, inanimate, options, dogma, physical reductionism

Free Will: (Literally) An Intelligent Choice

Started by Atheist Exile Feb 9, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes

This discussion has been superseded by Prognostication: The Key to…Continue

Tags: causality, determinism, dogma, intelligence, free will

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Comment by John Ferrigo on August 28, 2011 at 5:00pm: Who the hell argued that free will was supernatural and whatever? This is dumb. Besides that it is A SPIRITUAL THING: THE WILL ISN'T A MATERIAL OBJECT. Also "free will" is a redundant term since will is by definition free, there is no such thing as a non-free will otherwise it wouldn't be a will!

Comment by Atheist Exile on February 8, 2010 at 11:18pm: Ha ha, Howard :-)

Actually, it was a play on words. My argument on free will relies on intelligence and choice . . . thus the group name.

I've since changed the group name to "Free Will: (Literally) An Intelligent Choice".

Comment by Howard S. Dunn on February 8, 2010 at 9:16pm: Sneaky group name - since you implied I might be unintelligent if I did not belong, I felt compelled to join ...