u/dingleberryjingle

Is free will ultimately a philosophy question? Surely even the relevant science has to be interpreted by philosophers?

Is there any good data on scientists and belief in free will?

Do we have any good reason to believe scientists will lean towards free will skepticism?

In a conversation about determinism, OP quoted Einstein's determinism and reply was 'but Hawking did not agree with Einstein's determinism'.

Is this accurate? What were Hawking's views on determinism?

In a conversation about determinism, OP quoted Einstein's determinism and reply was 'but Hawking did not agree with Einstein's determinism'.

Is this accurate? What were Hawking's views on determinism?

In a conversation about determinism, OP quoted Einstein's determinism and reply was 'but Hawking did not agree with Einstein's determinism'.

Is this accurate? What were Hawking's views on determinism?

I mean assuming the indeterministic and its details are untestable, looks like any system we make will rely on the same set of facts that compatibilists use?

Where's u/LokiJesus gone

Just noticed not in moderator list either?

Come back bro I need 2 page comments on rational God and superdeterminism

We believe it even though it is is false if taken literally? ('I did not take him to the hospital' did not happen because it is a counterfactual).

What follows from this?

The free will debate usually involves moral responsibility and other things (the ability to do otherwise, agency, leeway, sourcehood etc).

Assume for a moment that free will was only about 'the control required for moral responsibility' (let's ignore for now how many people/philosophers believe this).

Then what would change? For example, would some incompatibilists here (asking both libertarians and skeptics) flip to compatibilism may be? Would compatibilists be unaffected?

This is what they're training for in some professions and the aim is to remove uncertainty. Everything is planned perfectly and lot of practice is put in so there is no room for error/randomness.

Even in general we aspire to act this way.

This shows that... free will... what?