Cognitive function allowing us to reflect and act on those thoughts prove your argument against free will false. Our subconscious is a product of our conscious experiences btw. There is nothing mystical or determining about it.
You got nothing kid. I like your screen name, but you are not worthy of it.
Wow, you've been really condescending and arrogant in this thread.
The question is, if our cognitive function is a direct result of brain (as you say) how can it do anything "more" than its physical properties allow it to?
You mentioned that if free will does not exist, then logic etc "don't matter". I think this depends on what you mean by don't matter.
Logic may well be an ontologically, objectively etc better way to solve a problem/decide an action rather than guessing. But .. this does nothing to prove free will exists. Whether one uses logic or guessing can still be determined.
All determinism means, is that whether one uses a logical process to "decide" how to act, rather than guessing, is a matter of luck. It's a matter of how the brain is structured at any given moment.
As I said, logic may be superior to guessing. But whether an individual is able to access and use logic in their decision making, if determinism is true (which I think it is) is a matter of luck, as the ability to reflect on and consider something are depedent on brain states ... which are dependent on prior causes ... which regress infinitely ... which means free will does not exist.
While I don't like everything he says, I think Sam Harris's short book on free will is very illuminating and explains the question well.
