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Free will can exist in a causal material world

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CONTESTED
contested - the weight sits with the supporting side
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3 sources for · 2 against

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Is it true that free will can exist in a causal material world?

Partly. Whether free will can coexist with a causal material world remains a heavily contested issue, with some frameworks supporting compatibilist emergence and naturalistic agency, while others argue that physical determinism undermines true alternate possibilities.

Verdict: CONTESTED · 3 sources for, 2 against · Last checked

The analysis

The retrieved papers reflect an ongoing philosophical and scientific debate about compatibilism and physicalism. Papers [1], [2], and [4] provide arguments and frameworks for how agency, higher-level causation, and intervention can naturally arise within a physical or biological world. Conversely, papers [6] and [8] highlight persistent incompatibilist worries and reductionist challenges that question whether free will is truly tenable under physical determinism. Because respectable scholarly arguments persist on both sides without a universal consensus, the balance is best judged as CONTESTED.

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official record 3x · fact-check 2x · hedged 1x · crowd & reference 1x

  • Decision making in the pathway from genes to psychiatric and · peer-reviewed · supports · weight 1.3 · 2013
  • Naturalising Agent Causation. · peer-reviewed · supports · weight 1.3 · 2022
  • Laws, causation and dynamics at different levels. · peer-reviewed · supports · weight 1.3 · 2012
  • Compatibilist Libertarianism: Why It Talks Past the Traditio · peer-reviewed · refutes · weight 1.05 · 2022
  • From Neuroscience to Law: Bridging the Gap. · peer-reviewed · refutes · weight 1.05 · 2020
Evidence for · 3
Decision making in the pathway from genes to psychiatric and substance use disorders.
2013
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KS, K. (2013). Decision making in the pathway from genes to psychiatric and substance use disorders.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2012.151

Evidence against · 2
Compatibilist Libertarianism: Why It Talks Past the Traditional Free Will Problem and Determinism Is Still a Worry
2022
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Wright, J. (2022). Compatibilist Libertarianism: Why It Talks Past the Traditional Free Will Problem and Determinism Is Still a Worry. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1017/apa.2021.37

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Naturalising Agent Causation.
2022
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HD, P. & KJ, M. (2022). Naturalising Agent Causation.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/e24040472

Laws, causation and dynamics at different levels.
2012
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J, B. (2012). Laws, causation and dynamics at different levels.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2011.0052

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From Neuroscience to Law: Bridging the Gap.
2020
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TK, P. & N, E. (2020). From Neuroscience to Law: Bridging the Gap.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01862

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