Posted: Nov 14, 2017 6:42 pm
John Platko wrote:
Peter argues for Libertarianism free will
Really? I must watch the rest of the video. Or, do you happen to at know what point he does that? Don't worry if you don't, I accept it's up to me to find it.
I can't remember the last time I heard anyone arguing for Libertarian Free will.
John Platko wrote:I don't believe he thinks that all this free will processing happens on the conscious level. He has a notion of critical causality where neurons are firing when some criteria is met - which has a flavor of Deutsch's counterfactuals. The neurons can change the criteria - this is where much of his secret sauce is.
Here's a formal lecture he gave on his ideas. He got hammered pretty hard by the questions at the end.
https://vimeo.com/25237729
What do you mean he doesn't think that all this free will processing happens on the conscious level. Do you mean that he thinks some free will happens unconsciously? If so, that's....well I didn't realise there was a version of unconscious Libertarinism. Seems like almost a contradiction and more to the point, seems to be at odds with what most people think of free will as. And also appears to be at odds with him saying that it is our imaginings/deliberations which are at the heart of free will.
Anyhows, thanks again for posting. Interesting. I'm enjoying it.