European_medicinal_leech_(Hirudo_medicinalis)_at_the_California_Academy_of_Sciences_01 Type post Author Daniel Witt Date March 4, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionNeuroscience & 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 ›
puppet Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date November 7, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionNeuroscience & MindPhysics Tagged , Albert Einstein, brain, Dan Falk, Determined (book), determinism, evolution, Free Agents, humans, Jerry Coyne, Kevin Mitchell, livestock, materialists, Michael Egnor, Nautilus, neuroscientists, paramecium, Robert Sapolsky, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sam Harris, Stanford University, totalitarianism Could Evolution Give Us Free Will? Denyse O’Leary November 7, 2023 Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics 6 From one corner we learn that free will could possibly exist, provided that it is materialized or, if you like “evolutionized.” Read More ›
