Monday, March 19, 2012

Did You Choose To Read This Post?

Experts disagree...


The Chronicle of Higher Education has posted a neat little collection of essays regarding the concept of free will.  Read them, or don't.  It's your decision.

UPDATE: Here's an interesting analysis of five of the papers, written by the author of the sixth.

Image credit: René Descartes' illustration of dualism courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualism_(philosophy_of_mind)