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You Have Free Will. Deal With It | #30 Dr. Michael Huemer

You Have Free Will. Deal With It | #30 Dr. Michael Huemer

Published 11 months, 4 weeks ago
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Dr. Michael Huemer, professor of philosophy at U.C. Boulder, returns to the podcast to defend the case for (libertarian) free will.Check our Dr. Huemer's fantastic Substack.

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EPISODE CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:22 What is free will?

00:08:40 Huemer's proof of free will

00:23:20 Is the proof question-begging?

00:34:51 The mystery objection

00:49:56 The luck objection

01:05:02 Alex O'Connor's objection to free will

01:13:22 The neuroscience objection

01:22:05 Why do most scientists and philosophers deny libertarian free will?



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