What is Free Will? Do You Have It?

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What Is Mind? with William Gadea

William Gadea

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Consciousness is everything you’ve ever known, and the only thing you’ll ever know. It is highly unlikely that anyone else will be able to experience exactly what you experience; likewise, you will probably never be able to sample someone else’s mind directly. Because the topic of consciousness is so personal and so complex, and because scientists have confined means to study it, the field has attracted thinkers from many spheres, beyond neuroscience: philosophers, theologians, psychologists, physicists, evolutionary theorists, computer scientists, and others. This channel’s mission is to critically appreciate this wealth of ideas. Learn more about the channel's creator at www.williamgadea.com.

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Consciousness is everything you’ve ever known, and the only thing you’ll ever know. It is highly unlikely that anyone else will be able to experience exactly what you experience; likewise, you will probably never be able to sample someone else’s mind directly. Because the topic of consciousness is so personal and so complex, and because scientists have confined means to study it, the field has attracted thinkers from many spheres, beyond neuroscience: philosophers, theologians, psychologists, physicists, evolutionary theorists, computer scientists, and others. This channel’s mission is to critically appreciate this wealth of ideas. Learn more about the channel's creator at www.williamgadea.com.

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Religion & Spirituality,

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What is Free Will? Do You Have It?

What Is Mind? with William Gadea

15 minutes 31 seconds

2 days ago

What is Free Will? Do You Have It?

Do we really have free will — or is that just an illusion? Are our choices the result of physical and biological processes?

In this video, I explore the classic free will debate from a scientific and philosophical perspective. Drawing on neuroscience, psychology, Buddhism, and contemporary philosophy, I ask two questions: 1) What is doing the willing? and 2) Is it free of causation?

We look at:

• Neural correlates of consciousness

• Determinism vs unpredictability

• The ethical implications of rejecting free will

• Compatibilism

• Jay L. Garfield’s view of persons without selves

• How ethics can survive — and even flourish — without free will

Links:

• Buy my book ARROW: The Power and Poison of Story https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD94LW5G

• Subscribe to my substack for free essays and videos: https://williamgadea.substack.com

• You can learn more about me here: https://www.williamgadea.com