Free Will
The philosophical problem of meaningful control over action.
Free will concerns whether and in what sense agents possess meaningful control over their actions. Major disputes concern the ability to do otherwise, sourcehood, self-determination, causal determination, and moral responsibility.
Mechanism
How it works
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Compatibilist accounts argue that relevant freedom can coexist with causal determination under certain conditions.
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Incompatibilist accounts argue that the kind of freedom required for responsibility conflicts with determinism.
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The debate spans metaphysics, ethics, action theory, and empirical questions about human cognition.
Consequence
Why it matters
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Brajology approaches agency from a different layer: not only whether action is metaphysically free, but how much of the action space is psychologically visible and permitted.
Search intent
Questions this page answers
Evidence
Sources
- 01Stanford Encyclopedia: Free WillStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy↗
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