The Solution to the Problem of the Freedom of the Will

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(2017-09-19, 09:34 AM)Slorri Wrote: Would it matter who has the will, in regard to it being "free"?
If the spirit's will is free then would not also the human's will be free, as they are effectively one and the same.

For something to be free or indetermined it specifies that it is not caused by anything, other than the abstract "random" or "freedom".

Surely a spirit's will is based on things around it as anything else.

The human will is an aspect or quality of human consciousness and mind. With the dualism philosophy of mind, mind is ultimately of the spirit not the physical neurons of the brain, and as spirit it interacts with the physical through the brain. Then the nature of the human will is really the nature of the human spirit. But we don't understand the nature of spirit - its essence may be incomprehensible to humans - so we don't understand the nature of "human will", and its essence also may be incomprehensible to humans.

Since spirit and its aspect will are not a substance visualizable as akin to physical matter, the must-be-either-causally-deterministic-or-causally-indeterministic (random) conundrum, which derives from the known behavior and properties of physical matter in space-time, may not apply to the human will. The human will, sentient volition, may be an undefinable essence - part of the unknowable essence of consciousness and not limited in this way.
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RE: The Solution to the Problem of the Freedom of the Will - by nbtruthman - 2017-09-19, 04:45 PM

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