Daniel Dennett Versus John Searle: Compatibilist versus Incompatibilist

Presented and collected by Zia H Shah MD

If you watch enough videos on freewill you will get to know the terms Determinism, Compatibilist and Incompatibilist or simply Google these terms.

Daniel Dennett is perhaps the best known Compatibilist and he an atheist. Hear his position in the video below and then a demystification of Compatibilist position by John Searle in the second video below:

John Searle not only gives us the limitations of Compatibilist with some insights into Quantum physics and its possible relation to freewill.

These debates and interviews are not irrelevant. Understanding these debates helps you join the exclusive club of philosophers, then of theologians and finally of scientists and mathematicians.

When you know all these different subjects enough, you will know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

If we know enough about freewill we may get to appreciate providence of God better as well: If there is freewill, so is Providence: Refuting the best of atheism through the latest science and If Free Will Exists, So Does Purpose in Our Lives and Our Universe.

My two cents!

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