Hopefully, I don’t see why you insist on calling deliberation “illusory”. Explaining is not the same as explaining away.Determined is not the same as predetermined. I deliberate not yet knowing what I’ll choose, consider various factors that do in fact determine my choice, and then, deterministically/lawfully, choose. Where’s the illusion? You would seem to be trying to get rid of the rainbow, not just the gnomes.
Hopefully, I don’t see why you insist on calling deliberation “illusory”. Explaining is not the same as explaining away. Determined is not the same as predetermined. I deliberate not yet knowing what I’ll choose, consider various factors that do in fact determine my choice, and then, deterministically/lawfully, choose. Where’s the illusion? You would seem to be trying to get rid of the rainbow, not just the gnomes.