Free Will Is Not an Illusion Idea List

Do we have free will? What does current science have to say about this question? Are people like Sam Harris right to conclude that free will is an illusion? How could free will work, if it is real, anyway?

These are the questions I cover in this episode. I've been away awhile, and it feels good to be back!

Here's a link to the episode's script:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fZkyexjPaGEMDVDCftI6rgmBNAHRm1JA/view

Here's a link to a video version of this podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h47dzJ1IHxk&feature=youtu.be


Links to the papers discussed:
1983 Libet Study: https://academic.oup.com/brain/article-abstract/106/3/623/271932?redirectedFrom=fulltext

1985 Libet Review: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/unconscious-cerebral-initiative-and-the-role-of-conscious-will-in-voluntary-action/D215D2A77F1140CD0D8DA6AB93DA5499

Haggard: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053811919307311?via%3Dihub

Koch: https://elifesciences.org/articles/39787

Link to the "What is Existence" episode:
https://soundcloud.com/idea-list-850849064/episode-2-what-is-existence


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