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#11B FREE WILL this web page is no longer maintained click here for newer version 4.0 I believe that humans have the power to freely choose between alternatives, exercise rational control over their actions, and generally shape their destinies. (Note: Appreciation of quantum mechanics and chaos theory has led many scientists away from the notion that events always unfold in rigidly determined, predictable ways, as they once held.) Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries: appreciates factors limiting predictability recognizes free agents have moral responsibility appreciates probability believe my actions originate with and are up to me / Self Determination summary Wikipedia article: Free Will Numerical Characterization with TFJD code: 2111 Numerical Characterization with Emotional Volatility VI index: 4 |
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| Free Will (from online philosophy encyclopedia) |
| Personalism (from online encyclopedia) |
| Scientific Determinism (from online encyclopedia) |
| Free Will and Determinism, by Paul Newall (an introduction for "beginners") |
| Free Will Article Summaries (detailed summaries of important papers posted on Quantum Mind website) |
| A Case for Free Will and Determinism, by Ben Best |
| The Nature of Free Will |
| Free Will, by Robert Kane (read portions of this 2001 book at Google Books) |
| Sentience, Free Will, and Self Determination, by Vincent Bridges |
| Nudge, by R. Thaler & C. Sunstein (book with insight into what influences people when they are faced with a decision.) |
| De La Mettrie's Ghost, by Chris Nunn (review of book about decision-making and the nature of free will) |
| "Is Realism Compatible with Randomness?" (physicist's examination of this posted on arxiv.org Dec 2010) |
| "The Free-Will Postulate in Quantum Mechanics," by Gerard t'Hooft (a Physics Nobel Laureate's perspective) |
| Does Free Will Arise Freely? (article from Scientific American Mind) |
| “Book Of The Year: How Physics Makes Us Free” by John Farrell (review in Forbes of 2016 book by Jeann Ismael, University of Arizona philosophy professor) |
| “Wrestling
the Demon: the Physics of Free Will” (Feb
15 2018 on Physics Buzz
blog) |
| “The
Physics of Free Will” by Kimberly Anne Clinch ( Jan 14, 2018 post in
Helix
from Northwestern University) |
| Connected by N. Christakis and J. Fowler (2009 book about how social networks shape behavior) |
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"There's No Such Thing As Free Will" by Stephen Cave (article in The Atlantic June 2016) |
| "Free Will, Randomness and Non-locality" by Dolors (posted article / video May 2016 with comments from physicist Nicolas Gisin) |
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The
End of Karma By Somini Sengupta (review of
book about India’s youth “trading fatalism and karma for free
will” in The Economist Mar 19 2016) |
| "The War on Reason" by Paul Bloom (article on "the war against free will" from The Atlantic March 2014) |
| "Is "Nonreductive Physicalism" An Oxymoron?" by Nancey Murphy (paper: downward causation ==>neurobiology) |
| "Free Will and the Brain: Self Interest" (article in Dec 17 2011 The Economist) |
| "Why Genes Aren't Destiny," by John Cloud (article in Jan 18 2010 Time magazine) |
| "Bring in the Noise" by Melinda Wenner (article in July, 2008 Scientific American about biochemical randomness) |
| Defending Free Will--A Fruit Fly Makes Choices (2007 news item) |
| The Flaw of Fatalism, by Thomas W. Clark (1998 essay) |
| Compatibilism (Soft Determinism) and W.T. Stace (includes Stace's contribution to Religion and the Modern Mind) |
| Determinism and Moral Responsibility |
| Christian Forums-Free Will vs. Determinism |
| Religion and the Scientific Method, by George N. Scheslinger (read portions of this book at Google Books) |
| The Determinism and Freedom Philosophy Website (includes links to many papers on this topic) |
| The Dogmatic Determinism of Daniel Dennett (includes review of Dennett's 2006 book Freedom Evolves) |
| Free Will, by Miroslav Backonja (ch .13 in book 20 Greatest Unsolved Problems, ed. J. Vacca,) |
| Desiring God's Will by D. Benner (explores the transformation of the will in Christian spirituality) |
| quotes on free will from Samuel Johnson |
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