Closer To Truth - Big Questions in Free Will
Why Philosophy Stack Exchange recommends it
Philosophy Stack Exchange users link it as an accessible overview of the scientific and philosophical debate on free will, including brain-recording experiments.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2019 to 2022.
What it is
A 97-minute documentary episode from the Closer To Truth series, presenting the 'Big Questions in Free Will' project. It collects interviews with philosophers and scientists such as Galen Strawson, John Searle, Peter van Inwagen, Christof Koch and Eddie Nahmias, covering brain experiments, the psychology and morality of free will, and how God could have free will.
What people said
Strong rec Mind · 2021-02 · Philosophy Stack Exchange · on “Testing Free Will”
This is by no means a rigorous answer, but I find that this video [this video] is quite revealing about free will. This was a scientific experiment done on a patient with epilepsy that uncovered the nature of free will. The part of this video containing the experiment runs from 11:38 to 17:50, and if you want, you can watch the rest of the video, it is really interesting. I love this video series and it's where all the big questions try to get answered, and I highly recommend it. Enjoy! EDIT: Summary of the video: There is an experiment done on a patient where they play a game where they try to mirror each other's moves (the patient and the other person who plays the game with them). If one of th
Cites Ward Clark · 2019-12 · Philosophy Stack Exchange · on “Free will and consciousness”
I am reading about free will and it seems to me that for everyone free will is associated with consciousness and this is why the Libet experiment has been so important in this debate. I do not understand why we could have free will only if it is our consciousness that acts freely and not just our brain (listen for example [this video] and [this video] ).
Cites Futilitarian · 2022-10 · Philosophy Stack Exchange · on “Systematic search for Free-will”
Free Will White Paper [LINK] by the Templeton Foudation. Closer to Truth [this video] produced an interesting doco on it.