That doesn’t do the job. Must be more specific.
Step-by-step instructions, please.
We must be able to determine, and do so unambiguously, whether any given event is an expression of free-will or not.
Google says:
“the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate”
So, we can say, free-will is expressed in those actions that are not constrained by necessity or fate.
Okay.
But what is necessity or fate? And what does it mean for these to constrain actions?
Say we know of some event that is basically some human action say waving a hand. How do we determine whether this action is an expression of free-will or not? Okay, Google will say, by seeing whether it is constrained by fate or not. But what the fuck does that mean?
Tick, tock, tick, tock. Noone knows what the fuck we’re talking about.
You see, in order for a concept to make any sense, it must already have some kind of reference point in experience. If this is not the case, the concept is meaningless. You can’t even say it’s a concept.
When you ask a question such as “does free-will exist?” you’re admitting you have no clue what the term means. You’re literally asking “is the concept of free-will well defined?”
Free-will is that which is expressed in “uncaused events” right?
Is that what it means? The idea that there are events that are not caused by any prior event.
But then we have to ask “what is a cause?”
So what is a cause?