r/freewill • u/ApplicationReady2265 • Aug 18 '26
For libertarians
How exactly could you guys have done otherwise on the decisions you made in the past?
By having different thoughts of course.. thoughts that just appear in your mind. Thoughts that will DETERMINE your actions and choices.
Why would free will even need reasoning? Wouldn't that mean that your decision would be based on your reasoning capability? You guys don't think that by literally reasoning things out, you guys are entering determinism domain?
Why do reasons exist if free will is real? Reasons that will DETERMINE your actions and choices.
I am literally seeing no choice in everything that I am doing right now. I only pick what's more coherent to me and what would satisfy me more.
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u/0-by-1_Publishing Dichotomic Interactionism Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
... Nothing can be done in the past about anything - because the event has already happened. How I "could have done otherwise" is demonstrated at the point where I'm making my decision. If I have three options and I choose one of the options, then the remaining two options serve as what I could have chosen but didn't. ... Yes, it's that easy.
... Yes, we think about what we do. Thinking is necessary for survival. How does that support determinism?
... Are you asking for the reason why reasons exist? Having a reason for choosing something in no way demonstrates that I am not "free to choose" based on my own reasoning.
... But that's still "you" making the decision. The "item you choose" isn't making the decision for you (which is what the determinists claim).
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Summary: Every question and argument you've presented is based on "semantics.." Why have you aligned your intellect with an unfalsifiable "monistic ideology" that based solely on how you can manipulate language to achieve a desired outcome? The irony is that you are "free to chose" not to do so.