The Free Will/Determinism Controversy

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"Whether objective facts are subject to causality is a question whose answer necessarily depneds on the the theory from whcih we start. Therefore, it will never be possible to decide whether the world is causal or not"--Einstein


One of the most quietly controversial arguments in philosophy is the question of free will. Is free will even possible? This problem, like most problems in philosophy is so tightly intertwined with definitions, that there simply does not appear to be any substantial evidence to advocate either cause.



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