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Originally Posted by Ian I only mean mental causation. That is it is consciousness itself which is responsible for voluntary bodily movements. Thus if you mean by determinism that all change in the world is brought about by the innate power of physical processes, then by definition free will doesn't exist. |
Yes, I agree that libertarian free will does not exist.
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He denied the existence of innate causal powers. When one snooker ball moves due to being hit by another, we tend to think it does this because of the power of the impact. The physical world makes things happen. But strictly speaking we do not see any innate causal powers. We simply see one ball hit another and the 2nd ball starts moving. Arguably we project this innate physical causality into the world.
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What an "innate" causal power?
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It is determined by what?? I deny the physical world makes me choose. It is my psychological state which dictates what I choose to do.
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How does this help? We're supposed to imagine two parallel universes, identical in every detail, including your psychological state. You would then make the same decision.
~~ Paul