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Kevin Mitchell: Do We Have Free Will?

Kevin Mitchell: Do We Have Free Will?

Update: 2024-04-281
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Kevin Mitchell is Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin. He is also the author of the wonderful recent book 'Free Agents: How Evolution Gave us Free will', a robust defence of the reality of free will. Between the three of us, we aim to definitely establish whether or not humans are free.


For more on Kevin Mitchell:


https://press.princeton.edu/books/har...


https://www.kjmitchell.com/


Timings


0:00 – Amusing Banter


4:41 – Introducing Kevin Mitchell


6:07 – Kevin’s view


16:12 – The Philosophy of Free Will


29:03 – Keith Probes Kevin


51:25 – Philip and Keith disagree on how to interpret Kevin’s position


1:01:00 – Does quantum mechanics help?


1:24:12 – Keith can’t help himself


1:30:24 – Philip mutes Keith


1:30:57 – Audience Q&A


1:43:33 – Final banter and Mind Chat catchphrase



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Kevin Mitchell: Do We Have Free Will?

Kevin Mitchell: Do We Have Free Will?

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