A Pragmatic and Empirical Approach to Free Will
The long dispute between incompatibilists (namely, the advocates of the contemporary version of the illusory nature of freedom) and compatibilists is further exemplified in the discussion between Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett. In this article I try to add to the discussion by outlining a concept of...
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| description | The long dispute between incompatibilists (namely, the advocates of the contemporary version of the illusory nature of freedom) and compatibilists is further exemplified in the discussion between Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett. In this article I try to add to the discussion by outlining a concept of free will linked to five operating conditions and proposing its operationalization and quantification. The idea is to empirically and pragmatically define free will as we need it for moral blame and legal liability, while separating it from the debate on global determinism, local determinism, automatisms and priming phenomena on a psychological level. This is made possible by weakening the claims of determinisms and psychological automatisms, based on the latest research, and by giving a well-outlined definition of free will as I want to defend it. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1fdfd412246d46e0aae5df76129e5d112022-12-22T00:41:08ZdeuMimesis Edizioni, MilanoRivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia2039-46672239-26292017-12-018324725810.4453/rifp.2017.0020A Pragmatic and Empirical Approach to Free WillAndrea LavazzaThe long dispute between incompatibilists (namely, the advocates of the contemporary version of the illusory nature of freedom) and compatibilists is further exemplified in the discussion between Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett. In this article I try to add to the discussion by outlining a concept of free will linked to five operating conditions and proposing its operationalization and quantification. The idea is to empirically and pragmatically define free will as we need it for moral blame and legal liability, while separating it from the debate on global determinism, local determinism, automatisms and priming phenomena on a psychological level. This is made possible by weakening the claims of determinisms and psychological automatisms, based on the latest research, and by giving a well-outlined definition of free will as I want to defend it.http://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2017.0020/781CompatibilismDaniel DennettFree Will QuantificationGlobal DeterminismLocal Determinism |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Lavazza A Pragmatic and Empirical Approach to Free Will Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia Compatibilism Daniel Dennett Free Will Quantification Global Determinism Local Determinism |
| title | A Pragmatic and Empirical Approach to Free Will |
| title_full | A Pragmatic and Empirical Approach to Free Will |
| title_fullStr | A Pragmatic and Empirical Approach to Free Will |
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| title_short | A Pragmatic and Empirical Approach to Free Will |
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| topic | Compatibilism Daniel Dennett Free Will Quantification Global Determinism Local Determinism |
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