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Re:There’s No Such Thing as Free Will by exolymph on Friday May 20, 2016 @01:24PM (#11739690)
The ability to choose between options without the choice being determined by prior conditions or influences.
Re:There’s No Such Thing as Free Will by euyyn on Friday May 20, 2016 @01:39PM (#11739828)
It would seem to me that the act of choosing isn't but deciding which alternative is preferred. And so impossible to separate completely from prior conditions or influences. So the question would then become what does "determined" mean in your definition?
Re:There’s No Such Thing as Free Will by Natsu on Friday May 20, 2016 @01:28PM (#11739731)
The definitions of 'determined' and 'influence' are at odds with one another in your definition.
Re:There’s No Such Thing as Free Will by breuleux on Friday May 20, 2016 @01:45PM (#11739892)
If a person's choice is mostly determined by the state of their brain at the moment of choosing, would that count as a "prior condition"?

It would mean the choice is mostly determined by their "self", but the definition you give isn't clear about whether that would count as free will or not.

Re:There’s No Such Thing as Free Will by pasquinelli on Friday May 20, 2016 @01:48PM (#11739929)
so then what else informs a free agent's choice?
Re:There’s No Such Thing as Free Will by pessimizer on Friday May 20, 2016 @02:35PM (#11740334)
And if you have a free agent without prior conditions or influences - how was it made?