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Originally Posted by utabintarbo  You are switching the context. The "Laws of Nature" apply to the atoms and molecules of our brain in a purely deterministic way. In the context of consciousness, which is a perceptual and rational faculty that processes percepts rather than simply a bunch of atoms strung together in a particular way.
In the context of consciousness, free will exists in that we have the ability to choose to think, or not. To recognize reality, or evade it. Man makes these choices, acts on these choices, and is ultimately responsible for these choices. |
Hi uta!
If you say our brains are driven by purely determinstic factors, then so would our thoughts. Rejecting dualism, every thought or idea must map (or supervene) onto a particular set of physical states of the brain. A thought wouldn't correspond directily to a configuration of atoms, but a process involving them.
I'm actually saying: Our consciousness changes the so called "Laws" of Nature governing our brain (the cause and effect goes both ways.) At least, that was the conclusion I came to.
Quantum mechanics is not deterministic ...