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Original Title:	Free Will
ISBN:	1451683405 (ISBN13: 9781451683400)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2012)

Free Will

Sam Harris

Paperback | Pages: 83 pages

Rating: 3.86 | 24821 Users | 1833 Reviews

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Belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse or personal achievement—without first imagining that every person is the true source of his or her thoughts and actions. And yet the facts tell us that free will is an illusion.

In this enlightening book, Sam Harris argues that this truth about the human mind does not undermine morality or diminish the importance of social and political freedom, but it can and should change the way we think about some of the most important questions in life.

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Title	:	Free Will
Author	:	Sam Harris
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 83 pages
Published	:	March 6th 2012 by Free Press
Categories	:	Philosophy. Nonfiction. Science. Psychology. Religion. Biology. Neuroscience

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Ratings: 3.86 From 24821 Users | 1833 Reviews

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Whoever said that there are no absolutes in philosophy must have surely had the topic of free will in mind. I've never heard more compelling arguments for such opposing points of view, each with its own existential hyperbole of quintessential conflubbery (yes, I just made up my own word, as a determinist I had no other choice).If you're committed to the mental calisthenics necessary to tackle the tentacled titan that is Free Will, you owe it to yourself to seek out Daniel Dennett's 'Elbow Room'

I suppose I ought to begin with the disclaimer that I happen to believe in something like free will (though I won't articulate its complexities here), and this book is an argument against it. Having made that disclaimer, let me say that I am reviewing this book as a scientist and a philosopher, not so much as a religious person. Unfortunately, what this book needs is more time than I'll give it here, but let me summarize the biggest frustrations I had with it.As a scientist: Sam Harris is very

I was looking for something to challenge my belief in free will. This book did nothing of the sort and if it had been any longer (it was only about 90 pages) it would have been a waste of time. It is anglo-american school analytic philosophy in all it's reductionist absurdity. The science is tenuous and almost non-existent, resting on the wafer-thin logic that our neurons determine our actions before we're conscious of them so that means our neurons are running the show. (all hail the neurons)

"You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm." - Sam Harris"Its true that human persons dont have contra-causal free will. We are not self-caused little gods. But we are just as real as the genetic and environmental processes which created us and the situations in which we make choices. The deliberative machinery supporting effective action is just as real and causally effective as any other process in nature. So we dont have to talk as if we are real agents

Original Blog Review: https://myescapebookscoffeetea.wordpr... Bookstagram: http://instagram.com/booksofsalemBuy this book on The Book Depository: https://www.bookdepository.com/Free-W...First of all, this book is seriously small, so dont expect a George Martin type of book lenght out of it (eh, kidding, just wanted to joke around a lil) now for real, this book has 65 pages, I thought it had 86 cause thats what they are selling this book for, BUT it is only 65 pages, if Im mad at it ? no Im not

The only issue I can see people having would be based on semantics over the term "free will" - but as for the actual arguments, Harris seems to be spot-on.However, I'd love to hear Sam Harris discuss what he thinks would be a better option. As in... how could free will be done better? Would we get to select our brains? Would we get to choose our body? Our gender? And what would make us choose one brain, body, or gender over the other? It seems the decision would still be caused by something

This book is succinctly mind-blowing. After finishing reading (actually, listening to) it, I am solidly convinced that the conventional understanding of 'free will' is an illusion My only gripe regards his talk of moral responsibility: Harris raises some interesting questions (how can we hold criminals accountable if they are not in control of their actions?) but falls short of answering them to any satisfaction. I believe that this is due to the fact that such questions are unanswerable, I just