Libertarianism | Philosophy of Free Will

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The philosophy of free will explores the idea of whether individuals have the ability to make choices and decisions independently of external forces or if everything is predetermined in some way.

- M. McKenna & D. Pereboom, Free Will: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge 2016).

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[heliumcalcium]

Is this intended to be an overview of the _history_ of philosophical thinking about free will? Or is it the _state of the art?_

(The difference is that a popular old idea that we now consider quite wrong belongs in the former but not the latter.)

[Cyrinil]

I find Reed's definition of libertarian free will to be philosophically insulting. I mean, it may as well be "humans can make any choice they want except the ones that they can't"

I'm remind of Ford's "customers can buy their car in whatever colour they like as long as it's black." Except, at least Ford's statement conveyed information and wasn't an empty tautology.