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1. • • In Elbow Room, Dennett argues that the varieties of free will worth wanting—those that underwrite moral and artistic responsibility—are not threatened by advances in science but distinguished, explained, and justified in detail.
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   What does Dennett say about free will?

   • topic of free will. According to Dennett, free will Opposing this view is incompatibilism, which is an “ability to see probable futures futures that states that free will and determinism are incom- seem like they’re going to happen in time to take patible. According to incompatibilism, if all our

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   Who criticized Dennett's views on free will?

   • Dennett’s views on free will have been criticized in recent years by a number of scientists and philosophers, perhaps most notably Sam Harris (e.g., Harris 2012, 2014; Kane 1996; Pereboom 2001; Strawson 1994, 2003; Van Inwagen 1983 ).

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   What were Dennett's debates with other philosophers and scientists?

   • Some of Dennett’s debates with fellow philosophers and scientists became famous, such as that with Sam Harris about free will. Dennett argued that people have free will because of their ability to deliberate, reason and even reason about reasoning; abilities that Dennett argued developed through evolution.

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   How does Dennett view the relationship between biology and free will?

   • Dennett s view of the relationship between biology and free will stands in contrast to that of B. F. Skinner, the father of behaviorism, who viewed psychology as having dispelled the idea of an inner free agent (Skinner 1971).

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   Does Dennett believe that freedom is incompatible with determinism?

   • Dennett does accept that “there is a definable concept of freedom that is incompatible with determinism”, but denies “that anybody should care whether one is free in that sense”. If Dennett is correct, a close examination of his arguments should lead remorselessly to the conclusion that we should conceive of freedom as he does.

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   Is Daniel Dennett compatible with determinism?

   • Daniel Dennett maintains that regardless of determinism humans are both free to act and have a meaningful existence. Yet Dennett’s compatibilism entails that a felicity-advancing interaction with the world is all that we could wish for, which seems false.

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   Jun 11, 2018 · Daniel Clement Dennett, an American philosopher and cognitive scientist from Tufts University, is one of the most influential living thinkers on the topic of free will. According to Dennett, free will is an “ability to see probable futures – futures that seem like they’re going to happen – in time to take steps so that something else ...

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   • Definition
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   The ability of rational agents to act out of self-determination; to select actions from a broad set of possible alternatives based on rational expecta-tions of their consequences.

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   Dennett claims, has no practical implications for concepts of moral responsibility and is therefore irrelevant to the question of whether or not an agent has free will. He has argued extensively against libertarian thinkers, such as Robert Kane, who maintain that certain kinds of agents have free will in light of the fact that their actions are ind...

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   According to Daniel Dennett, free will is an“abil-ity to see probable futures futures that seem like – they going to happen in time to take steps so ’re – that something else happens instead (Closer to ” Truth 2014). Dennett is a compatibilist, meaning that he believes free will and determinism are compatible. In a deterministic world one in – whic...

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   capable of responding to these reasons can be held morally responsible for their behavior. Therefore, Free Will (Philosophy) the concept of free will should be crafted to dis- Sam Harris on Free Will ▶ tinguish between morally responsible and irre-sponsible agents for the purpose of selectively assigning blame and punishment. (Similar logic

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   applies when assigning praise and reward). The history of evolution, in Dennett’s view, has been an arms race of“evitability, ” as selection pressures have favored complex biological machines which are increasingly capable of antic-ipating and responding to possible future states of the world. Part of this history is the evolution of advanced cogni...

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5. www.nature.com › articles › d41586/024/01478-7Daniel Dennett obituary: ‘New atheism’ philosopher who ...

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   May 17, 2024 · Dennett argued that people have free will because of their ability to deliberate, reason and even reason about reasoning; abilities that Dennett argued developed through...

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   Aug 11, 2011 · Dennett’s is a conceptual argument coupled with a descriptive account: we could be free, and if we look we very much are. Compatibilists like Dennett accept that the universe might be an inertial deterministic mechanism.

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   The following contribution articulates and defends a more sophisticated model of free will that is not only consistent with neuroscience and introspection but also grounds a variety of responsibility that justifies both praise and blame, reward and punishment.

   • Author: Daniel C. Dennett

   • Publish Year: 2017

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   Daniel Dennett: For billions of years on this planet, there was a life but no freewill. Physics hasn’t change but now we have free will.

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    Nov 26, 2011 · He's been described as 'the great de-mystifier of consciousness', and his name is Daniel Dennett. Free will, robot consciousness, intentions and belief, are all ideas that he's grappled with.