Do we have Free Will? by Swami Sarvapriyananda
In today's class (22/6/22), we continued our discussion on Free Will based on the above video.
We will continue our discussion on Free Will next term. The documents below should help us with our discussion:
Liberty and freedom are often mentioned in the news and everyday discussion. However, if we can't even think freely, if we do not have free will, then how can we be truly free in anything anyway?
Artificial intelligence (AI) and robots can do virtually everything that human can do, and generally can do it better. Do human brains just run like computer programs anyway? Perhaps the reason that people think differently is because they have different computer programming codes? Is free will just an illusion?
You may find the following videos on free will also interesting:
Do We Have Free Will? - Philosophy Tube
L5. Arguments for the existence of the soul, Part III: Free will and near-death experiences
The transcripts for the above videos are attached below:
2. The nature of persons: dualism vs. physicalism
For this term (term 2 of 2022), the theme of our discussion is "Being Alive". Much of our discussion will be based on a series of lectures by Professor Shelley Kagan at Yale University. Our first discussion topic is "What am I?".
The transcript of the lecture is attached here.
Some critical thinking exercises are available on the following: Philosophy Department, University of Hong Kong Critical Thinking Web http...
