>>43298554>Please help.I've been trying. The answer is that you are certain about an uncertainty. You are wrong. Accept that your belief is a belief and not a "logical" certainty.
>What is free will?The ability to choose between different possible courses of action or act at one's own discretion. Or somesuch.
But really, it's your proof, you need to define your terms.
But notice that "is completely free of determinism or cause and effect" was not in the definition of the term?
You argument that the universe is deterministic seems solid.
You need to prove that it is impossible for free will to exist in a deterministic universe.
Assuming so in the definition of free will means nothing.
It's like proving a panda is not a bear by defining a panda as a black and white animal that looks like a bear but isn't.
>What is an effect that does not come from a previous cause?I don't know.
Maybe a randomly generated instance?
Maybe an emergent property?
Maybe a quantum fluctuation with unknown effects?
Wait. I thought of a better answer. I know the term for this. It is a
mystery.>Even a supernatural cause is still a previously determined cause. You really need to stop using a logically impossible word when talking about logic
>Or randomness or a combination?Sure. There you go.
>But how is that any kind of choice? Just not understanding all the reasons behind an action doesn't seem like...No. Making the choice is making the choice.
That the randomness, the combination, or the
mystery that allows you to make the choice in a deterministic universe is
unknown does not necessarily invalidate the choice.
You need to logically eliminate the possibility of this before you can declare that free will is impossible.
>The only thing I can think...Or, hear me out here, it is a phenomenon we don't understand.... yet.
We don't know everything, yet you declare with certainty facts about a term you can't even properly define.
