Watch and read to answer the following questions. Each response should be at least 6-8 sentences.
Use the videos and article to write your response. Responses should reflect your understanding:
– Article: Why We Have Free Will
– Article: The Clockwork Universe: Is Free Will an Illusion?
– Determinism vs Free Will: Crash Course Philosophy #24
– Is free will an illusion? | Uri Maoz | Big Think
– Michio Kaku: Why Physics Ends the Free Will Debate | Big Think
Don’t forget to state which article/video if using information from there.
Questions:
1. Based on what you have just learned about the problem of philosophical freedom (free will), what is your position on it (do you think we have free will)? Make sure to explain and justify your response.
2. Why does free will matter?
3. Based on the articles, and especially the videos in this section, how does science affect or even close the debate on the philosophical “problem” of free will?