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| Free will: the free will is, formulated in everyday language, the ability of a subject to choose among alternatives. See also Libet experiments, freedom, subject, individual, determinism, action autonomy, compatibilism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Arthur Schopenhauer on Free Will - Dictionary of Arguments
Korfmacher Schopenhauer zur Einführung Hamburg 1994 I 109 Freedom of will/Schopenhauer: "we are free to do what we want, but we are not free to want what we want!" >Freedom, >Liberty. I 109 Freedom of will/Schopenhauer: the human can also imagine the opposite of his/her actions - the raw mind confuses that with the fact that he could also be opposed to wanting - this he calls "freedom of will." I 112 The will as a thing in itself is free, only its appearance is subject to the law of necessity. >Will, >Thing in itself._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
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