Title: Compatibilism and Incompatibilism are compatible. : philosophy
Headings: Compatibilism and Incompatibilism are compatible.
Compatibilism and Incompatibilism are compatible.
Compatibilism and Incompatibilism are compatible.
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Content: | I suspect what you're getting at here...compatibilism is the view that "free will A" is compatible with determinism, and incompatibilism is the view that "free will B" is not. This is exactly what I believe, yes. | undoubtedly thanks to Mr. Harris
I've not read anything Harris has to say about free will. If our views are similar it is coincidental. | The basic error here is in thinking that the free will debate is simply about stipulating some definition of how our will actually works and what freedom actually means
I'm not seeing the error. I see you raise other questions later, but the only way meaningful discussion can be had about any of those is if you establish your definitions. I can't think of any more of a fundamental issue to the problem of free will than how to define freedom and will. The answers to the questions you raise are all going to be informed by how you define these terms. This seems like the best starting point. | am I really a free agent, rather than a complicated machine?