Alfred Mele, “Free Will: An Investigation” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Are We All Conscious About Making Decisions?
I think most people have had experiences where they have been consciously involved in every single aspect of decision. But that doesn't seem to imply, at least to me, anything terribly profound about the fact that we're somehow atomata atomata and directed by our brains. I meanto, this is all messy. Thisis, i mean, what's actually happening is very difficult, interesting results. A, weird news generates a lot more attention than normal news. L, why people think it shows that there's no free will? Some people think freewell requires that the soul is doing and brains aren't. Oh, but once it gets that far, it's no interest. It's
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