Posted: Nov 14, 2017 5:31 pm
GrahamH wrote:archibald wrote:
I watched quite a bit of that.
Gosh, I think it's confused. I'm not sure what type of free will he is saying we have but my guess is it's a version of compatibilism. Which is a sort of free will that is compatible with determinism which is why I call it pseudo.
I didn't watch it all but my impression was that he rejected determinism, what with all the talk of random noise in the neurons.
In that case it's not compatibilism.
I see. So...is it more like one of the Free Will Theorems where quantum indeterminacy is involved, or some other form of indeterminacy?
If so, I don't see how that provides actual free will. Though it is, I think, another variety of pseudo free will. I confess to be slightly unsure as to why anyone prefers it over compatibilism, which I think is the best pseudo free will explanation, but there you go.