Our first chat session of the new year! This chat will be held this coming Saturday, January 7th, at 3:00pm Central Standard Time (CST) or GMT-6.
The topic is ...
Free Will What made me do it?
This is an intriging topic for me and many others by some of the posts I've read. Certainly it seems as though we have free will, but is this an illusion? If it is not an illusion then how is free will possible.
From Wikipedia --
Free will is the philosophical doctrine that holds that our choices are ultimately up to ourselves.
Areas of Discussion
Determinism - Our present is causally determined by an unbroken chain of prior events that preceded it. There are no miracles, no random events, only causes and their effects.
Indeterminism - The contradictory belief to determinism: There are events which are not entirely determined by previous states of affairs.
Compatibilism - This theory holds that free will and determinism are compatible. This variation of this view is offered by philosopher Daniel Dennet.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has a nice definition of free will that should be reviewed. Timezone Information
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Future Chat
These chat sessions are usually scheduled every other Saturday at 3pm (CST). They are usually moderated with a chat transcript available for later review.
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