Evidence against this concept's existence can be found in Libet's experiments on the Bereitschaftpotential.
Evidence against this concept's existence can be found in Libet's experiments on the Bereitschaftpotential. One work is subtitled after the types of this concept "worth wanting" and contrasts humans and digger wasps; that work is Daniel Dennett's Elbow Room. William James developed a two-stage model of it, in which possibilities are proposed and then filtered. Aquinas stated that man has it because rationality trumps natural instinct, unlike in animals. (*) Compatibilism is the stance that this can exist alongside determinism. One objection to its existence is that it is incompatible with Calvinistic predestination, since all choices are pre-set. For 10 points, name this ability for people to decide their own actions and thoughts.
Evidence against this concept's existence can be found in Libet's experiments on the Bereitschaftpotential.
free will [accept freedom; or choice; or freedom of the will]