I agree that the question is the wrong question. And I assume that my saying forget the straw men of determinism and freewill and get on with the real question of how we actually make decisions was fairly clear.
My emotional reaction to compatibilism is that it is a bit of a cope out. It attacks neither determinism or freewill and does not ask the scientific based question, which is the one that can in future be answered. But I certainly think it is an improvement over the old, old argument.
I agree that the question is the wrong question. And I assume that my saying forget the straw men of determinism and freewill and get on with the real question of how we actually make decisions was fairly clear. My emotional reaction to compatibilism is that it is a bit of a cope out. It attacks neither determinism or freewill and does not ask the scientific based question, which is the one that can in future be answered. But I certainly think it is an improvement over the old, old argument.