In the study of philosophy, Free will is defined as “The ability to choose, think, and act voluntarily. Many people wonder if they truly have free will to make their own choices, or is everything pre-determined for them in order to carry out their lifestyle. I’m sure we all wonder...
Some philosophers and neuroscientists have recently been saying that science shows that we don't have free will, but it turns out that this claim-which would be bad news if true-is due to misrepresentation and misinterpretation. Since free will matters to people, and should matter, these ...
These phenomena reflect the ways that people adapt to the emptiness of their inner lives. Whole portions of the human psyche have been cordoned off. Given the widespread evidence of maladaptive behaviors, can anything be gained from studying the moon's cycles? As an astrologer who's studied ...
Do other people have minds? But, on the other hand, do robots or artificial systems have minds? These are some of the questions I am trying to answer with an empirical study that I will present later. 3 Free will Very few concepts are as contested and debated as that of free will...
, his sexual focus on young girls rekindled, and a new scan revealed that bits of tissue missed in the surgery had grown into a sizeable tumour. Surgery once again restored his behavioural profile to "normal". This case renders concrete the issue of free will. Did the man have free will...
有句老话说得好, “不听老人言,吃亏在眼前。” My parents have not once failed to make me feel the weight of this saying throughout my post-secondary education career. To say studying philosophy was difficult would be a...
But even the external will never work unless they do the inner work, which is the sad truth. A lot of people actually have a good environment, a good job, loving spouse, but they’re not getting ahead because all those externalities are not engaging and giving that fire to the internal...
will have costs, at least in the short and medium term. The idea of sufficiency might play two roles in this context. First, it can mark certain goods that justify taking on these costs: if we fail to act, many people will—unjustly—be forced into insufficiently good lives. Second, ...
We argue that identifying groups of people who have specific and diverse intuitions about freedom and moral responsibility offers the possibility for theoretical advancement in philosophy and psychology, and may in part explain why some perennial philosophical debates have proven intractable....
If I ever think about my own death -- which, like most people, I try to avoid -- I hope for a quick end, with a heart attack or a stroke, preferably while asleep. But I realize that I may not be so fortunate. I may very well have to go through a time when I am still ...