I’m not deducing (potentially wrongly) from some internal observation that I have free will. The knowledge that I chose is not a conclusion, it is a memory.
To paraphrase/mangle Wittgenstein:
What would the memory have felt like if you only had the illusion of free will?
To be honest, I’m not convinced this is a useful argument. Does the existence (or otherwise) of ‘free will’ have any bearing on our ethics, our actions, or anything at all?
Ian C.,
I’m not deducing (potentially wrongly) from some internal observation that I have free will. The knowledge that I chose is not a conclusion, it is a memory.
To paraphrase/mangle Wittgenstein:
What would the memory have felt like if you only had the illusion of free will?
To be honest, I’m not convinced this is a useful argument. Does the existence (or otherwise) of ‘free will’ have any bearing on our ethics, our actions, or anything at all?