Since our actions and thoughts are determined by chemical reactions do we have free will?
Yes. The brain, like all physical things, is a creation of the mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealism
Define "free will".
>>8743737
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/free_will
Already been done.
No, we do not.
>>8743753
That definition is either incoherent or obviously false depending on how you look at it.
>>8743719
Only the thoughts determined by free radicals.
>>8743719
No more so than we would if there were an all-knowing being who knew exactly what we would do before we were even born.
>>8743780
^kek
The universe is deterministic, if you had complete knowledge of every particle in the univers and inifinite computing power you could predict everything that will ever happen
Bet you didn't see THIS coming! I was going to post three foxes yawning, but I changed my mind.
>Believing the universe isn't just ad-hoc explanations for natural phenomena that are created to fill in the gaps as we choose to investigate them
>>8743719
since quantum mechanics is partly random we have free will :^)
>>8743719
>are determined by chemical reactions
Not likely. They are the presentation of who we are.
You're asking if you have consciousness.
Only you can answer that.
>>8743719
Are we all bubbles floating on the wind?
>>8744936
You think you changed your mind, but you were going to do that to begin with because your brain is wired in such a way that you changed your mind.
Copenhagenfags please go
"we don't know so we'll never know" isn't valid
>>8743719