WrongdoerOk6812 t1_jblgc4o wrote
Reply to comment by MonteChristo0321 in I just published an article in The Journal of Mind and Behavior arguing that free will is real. Here is the PhilPapers link with free PDF. Tell me what you think. by MonteChristo0321
It's certainly a very interesting and possibly valid point that a person is not the same as just the collection of his cells... But then my question is what separates that person from said collection rather than being just a huge pile of complex cooperations between those cells in which the predetermined nature of everything just got a bit lost or impossible to perceive?
zazzologrendsyiyve t1_jbm1bkk wrote
We are not just the sum of our cells because emergent properties exist, and those always show complex behavior that are not intrinsically present in the individual cell.
Much like an ant: she doesn’t own the whole knowledge needed to run a colony, but sure as hell the whole colony does.
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