The Illusion of Determinism: Sam Harris’ Aborted Attempt to Refute Free Will
This review was based on Dr. Locke’s book: The Illusion of Determinism: Why Free Will is Real and Causal. The book deals with these issues at greater length and includes additional topics such as the nature of the self and what free will is not. It also deals with the Libet experiments which are misinterpreted in Sam Harris’s book. A review of Sam Harris’ “Free Will” By Edwin A. Locke Sam Harris’s well-publicized attack on volition in his book Free Will is based on the assertion that in order to possess free will, you would have to, in effect,… Read More »The Illusion of Determinism: Sam Harris’ Aborted Attempt to Refute Free Will