Philosophy Now Forum

Yes we have free will, and there is a simple empirical test by which we can prove it. Firstly, we have to define what it means for our thoughts and actions to be “determined”, as opposed to “free”. It would be demonstrated that our thoughts and actions are determined if they were caused by any facto...

A small amplification to my previous with regard to axioms: philosophically speaking, these are very dangerous and deceptive entities! For example, even the great Einstein was once guilty of asserting that it was an axiom of geometry that "a straight line is the shortest distance between two p...

While there is no established definition of consciousness by which to prove that consciousness is fundamental to reality, there is general consensus among most professionals that any definition of consciousness must account for the hard problem of consciousness . The hard problem of consciousness su...