Tag: compatibilism

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post

Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 4, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, agency, Benjamin Libet, brain, compatibilism, Darwinian processes, Denyse O'Leary, Determined (book), evolution, Free Agents, free will, Kevin Mitchell, materialists, muscles, neurobiology, neuroscientists, randomness, Robert Sapolsky, Trinity College Dublin}

Did Evolution Give Us Free Will?

_{Daniel Witt
March 4, 2025

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

8}

If you pick up a book up about free will by a materialist, you are generally safe to assume that the point will be to explain that free will is an illusion. Read More ›

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post

Date
April 26, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, algorithms, avida, bacteria, bones, bugs, citrate, compatibilism, computer, creativity, determinism, evolution, free will, intelligent design, libertarian free will, Michael Behe, muscles, Richard Lenski, Robert J. Marks II, simulation, software, The Matrix, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Digital Evolution and Bohemian Bugs

_{April 26, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

All software engineers have been burnt by those sneaky “bugs” that manage to get past the defenses. Read More ›

A person walking on a road that splits into two paths one paved with gold and the other leading to an open field, symbolizing life choices, 3D render, deep shadows

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post

Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2013

Categories
Ethics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __nedited, agency, altruism, compatibilism, correlation, determinism, determinism and rationality, free will, libertarian free will, selfish genes}

Jerry Coyne Is Determined to Deny Free Will

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2013

Ethics, Philosophy

7}

The deterministic view is that our choices are entirely determined by our current physical state (neurochemistry, gene expression, etc.) and our natural history. Read More ›

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post

Author
Logan Paul Gage

Date
October 28, 2006

Categories
Ethics
Metaphysics
Psychology
Tagged
, __nedited, agency, Angus Menuge, c-fibers, coherentism, compatibilism, consistency, determinism, evolutionary ethics, folk psychology, free will, metaethics, moral responsibility, Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion}

Who Wrote Richard Dawkins’s New book?

_{Logan Paul Gage
October 28, 2006

Ethics, Metaphysics, Psychology

5}

Dawkins is finding it hard to live out his worldview with consistency. It is just plain hard to act as though one does not possess agency. Read More ›