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Scientific Argument Against Free Will

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Whether or not I would attend my appointment was an action which was already predetermined therefore there is no free will. The scientific argument against free-will says “ our action and decisions are caused by a non-conscious event that we have no conscious control”(class note). The brain studies have suggested this; our decision is already decided before we are even conscious of them. Because consciousness is required for free will and this argument claims that decisions are caused by
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