!!Freedom Evolves

[ISBN:0140283897 "Freedom Evolves"] by [Daniel C. Dennett]

[http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/errata.htm∞ "Errata"]

!Chapter 1 - Natural Freedom
Introduction to various logical fallacies and forms of wishful thinking that stop people thinking objectively about the issues of free will.

!Chapter 2 - A tool for thinking about determinism
* [DemocriteanUniverse]s - Conway's Life - deterministic
* Different [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology∞ "ontologies"] between physical level and design level
* Designing Life entities to avoid destructive events ("avoiders")
* shift to taking Intentional stance - higher level of abstraction than Design
* As Life entities become more adaptable and responsive to the environment (as a result of Design decisions) at what point can they be considered rational agents?
* Is there an inital configuration of Life in which the capability to create avoiders evolves without further intervention?
* Impossible to demonstrate with practicable simulations but theoretically provable
* As there is then some things in a deterministic world are avoidable, therefore not everything in a deterministic world is inevitable.
* Determinism (or its opposite) is a physical-level concept
* (In)evitability and the related activity of avoidance is a design-level concept.

!Chapter 3 - Thinking about determinism
* Causation and Possibility
* Possible worlds
* Cause sufficiency
* Cause necessity
* Determinism does not imply that we have no choice
* Determinism does not mean everything has a cause
* Determism does not mean that our natures are fixed
* Some slippery concepts in this chapter - will need revising and notes expanding
* ...
!Chapter 4 - A Hearing for Libertarianism
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!Chapter 5 - Where does all the design come from?
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!Chapter 6 - The evolution of open minds
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!Chapter 7 - The evolution of moral agency
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!Chapter 8 - Are you out of the loop?
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!Chapter 9 - Bootstrapping ourselves free
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!Chapter 10 - The Future of Human Freedom
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