Timothy O'Connor - How Free Will Probes Mind and Consciousness

Can free will reveal the nature of mental states? Free will seems so obvious, yet defies physical explanation. That's the reason why free will can be a tool to explore the mind. Free will probes consciousness by examining what it means to pick, choose, select, decide in the closed physical system of the world. But is 'free will' just a trick of the brain?

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Timothy O’Connor is a philosopher and a Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Indiana University Bloomington.

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