Can Physics Make Us Free?
A thoroughly physical view on reality and our common sense view on agency and free will seem to be in a direct conflict with each other: if everything that happens is determined by prior physical events, so too are all our actions and conscious decisions; you have no choice but to do what you are de...
Main Author: | Tuomas K. Pernu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Physics |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2017.00064/full |
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