Posted: Oct 06, 2017 9:36 pm
John Platko wrote:
By freely choosing to act, not making myself act.
For me free (in the context of free will) would mean to have a will to do a behaviour (cogitated or otherwise) that is somehow independent of cause. This is a philosophical question and not to be confused with common legal conceptions of free will.
Once we have established how my will (desires wants wishes etc) is independent of cause then perhaps we can focus on how we move from will to cogitation, then choice and eventually action ... and pointing out where in each step that might be free of prior cause.