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Integrating Science and Free Will

Integrating Science and Free Will

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuyhO8xssYY Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Tristan de Liège, Mike Mazza, Gregory Salmieri and Ben Bayer discuss Kevin Mitchell’s book, Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will. Topics include: The locus of free will; Moral responsibility; The relevance of quantum mechanics; Determinism; Aristotle; Randomness and indeterminacy; “Agent causation” vs entity causation; Blank slate. Resources: Harry Binswanger’s essay “Volition as Cognitive Self-Regulation.” This episode was recorded on October 9, 2025, and posted on October 24, 2025.
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