It seems to me that free will could only exist if we did things for no reason at all. But when do we do that. I think every behavior has a purpose, which rules out other behaviors as possibilities. I also think that nothing occurs without sufficient cause. I like to believe that I have a free will, but there doesn't seem to be any room for it in the rules of causation. Perhaps, free will just seems real because we don't have the capacity to understand all the sufficient causes of an occurence. Reading "The Problem of the Soul" by Owen Flanigan really got me thinking about this stuff. What do you think? Is free will just an illusion?
2006-09-03
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