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Why you have (free) will - part 2 of 2

Originally published inMentsch Magazine. Find part 1 here. The root of the wordmereologyis greek: «meros»means «part,»as in how the heart or the head is apartof the human body. It is one of the most ancient sub-fields of philosophy, but mereology nevertheless remains relatively unknown. In short, mereology attempts to answer…
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Why you have free will

Now my two-part essay about free will is published at Mentsch Magazine. Why is it reasonable to think that we can be the cause of our actions? Have we learnt anything about the functioning of nature that gives us reason to doubt this? What do we mean by freedom of the will…