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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