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Free Will Explained
How Science and Philosophy Converge to Create a Beautiful Illusion
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By Dan Barker
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A compelling essay on free will from an internationally recognized authority on atheism, and author of God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction.
Do we have free will? And if we don’t, why do we feel as if we do?
In a godless universe governed by impersonal laws of cause and effect, are you responsible for your actions?
Former evangelical minister Dan Barker (God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction) unveils a novel solution to the question that has baffled scientists and philosophers for millennia. He outlines the concept of what he calls “harmonic free will,” a two-dimensional perspective that pivots the paradox on its axis to show that there is no single answer—both sides are right.
Free will is a useful illusion: not a scientific, but a social truth.
Do we have free will? And if we don’t, why do we feel as if we do?
In a godless universe governed by impersonal laws of cause and effect, are you responsible for your actions?
Former evangelical minister Dan Barker (God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction) unveils a novel solution to the question that has baffled scientists and philosophers for millennia. He outlines the concept of what he calls “harmonic free will,” a two-dimensional perspective that pivots the paradox on its axis to show that there is no single answer—both sides are right.
Free will is a useful illusion: not a scientific, but a social truth.
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- On Sale
- Feb 28, 2018
- Page Count
- 170 pages
- Publisher
- Union Square & Co.
- ISBN-13
- 9781454927365
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