u/Professional_Rule548

"Free" is something that is unrestricted and unbound

Will" refers to the mental power of choice, determination, or desire.

"Will" defintionally is bound while "free" definitionally is unbound

Therefore the phrase free will is an oxymoron, right?

The way I intepret the word ”free” here, is literal, meaning unbound by literally everything. This of course is incoherent since it would be unbound by logic aswell.

This would entail that an unborn soon to be born person. With ”free” will, would choose to be or do with no previous information nor preference. Illogical.

Therefore the words ”Freedom” and free” require constraint for logical coherence, the line you draw to assert the amount of constraint necessary is subjective and exists on a gradient to be able to determine wether the will is free or not.

Freedom is inherently restrictive, as is Free will.

Free will cannot exist in a universe with either deterministism or one with determinism and randomness. Because if your will is based on factors you had no choice in, or randomness which is inherently unbound then they are not. ”free”, right?

But what does free in this context even mean?

To have no previous basis? What could for example an unborn soon to be born person.”freely” choose to be or do with no previous information nor desires?

So then the conclusion is, that the concept of free will is logically incoherent, which doesn’t necessarily mean that it is nonexistent but that its nature is outside of logic and therefore outside of human understanding? I’d imagine the nature of consciousness could also be akin to this.

What do you think?

Correction:

The way I intepret the word free is literal, meaning unbound by literally everything. This of course is incoherent since it would be unbound by logic aswell.

The words ”Freedom” and free” require constraint for logical coherence, the line you draw to assert the amount of constraint necessary is subjective and exists on a gradient to be able to determine wether the will is free or not.

Freedom is inherently restrictive.