MonteChristo0321 OP t1_jbou1oh wrote on March 10, 2023 at 4:15 PM

Reply to comment by MichiganRealty in I just published an article in The Journal of Mind and Behavior arguing that free will is real. Here is the PhilPapers link with free PDF. Tell me what you think. by MonteChristo0321

There's several things I disagree with here, but I'll only mention one because I have to go to work.

You're equivocating between all of my potential deaths as if they're all the same event. I can choose a lot of actions that lead to different deaths. So what if I can't choose to never die? I can't choose to fly like Superman either. No one thinking about free will ever thought I could.

MichiganRealty t1_jboxiia wrote on March 10, 2023 at 4:38 PM

And I’m saying that while you THINK you may be able to choose your death, however that may be, death is a guarantee for you… that isn’t subject to free will… Your beginning and your end are factually guaranteed, determined outcomes, however or whenever. To suggest the experiential aspect in the middle is free will, is also to suggest that you have a choice in the matter of your beginning and your end - but your death is guaranteed, and a determined outcome - no matter what you THINK you can do about it.