*Could you really have acted differently?*
Alex O’Connor argues that whether an action is determined or undetermined, neither option seems to make us its ultimate author. But he remains agnostic about whether something stranger could leave room for free will.
0:00 Free Will Depends on What We Mean
2:07 Determination and Randomness Both Challenge Control
5:39 Freedom May Mean Acting Without Constraint
10:09 Materialist and Non-Materialist Routes to Free Will
12:39 A Theory-Neutral Argument Against Free Will
16:21 The Brain May Rationalize Choices After the Fact
Alex O’Connor, also known as CosmicSkeptic, is an English podcaster and YouTuber known for his long-form explorations of ethics, religion, and secularism. He hosts the Within Reason podcast.
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*Landscape of Consciousness website:* https://loc.closertotruth.com/
*Every Theory of Consciousness* — Robert Lawrence Kuhn interviewed by Alex O’Connor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHeT466-hxY
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