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How to get free will from positive reinforcement

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

I will start by noting that Harry Frankfurt’s concept of wholeheartedness is in conflict with the intuition that free will should be efficacious in general, rather than pertain only to a small subset of decisions. To replace wholeheartedness I introduce a heuristic account for deliberation and decisions. I will show that introspective activity can lead to the individual having two types ‘introspective revelations’. By the onset of the introspective revelations a self-perpetuating loop is initiated. The loop consists of two elements positively reinforcing each other. The two elements are introspective activity and introspective revelations. The effect is a propensity to ask oneself “what do I want?” whenever faced with a choice. This propensity, I submit, can give us what we want when we want free will.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2014

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

20-38

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

SATS Northern European Journal of Philosophy

Volym

15

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

De Gruyter

Ämne

  • Philosophy

Nyckelord

  • Free Will Harry Frankfurt Introspection

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1869-7577