Freewill and Determinism

by Sam M. Phillips

I might seem to struggle with freewill a lot,

Honestly, it doesn’t bother me,

I’m not agonising over it like other philosophers,

I have relatively set ideas on it by now,

It took me a lot of effort to build them,

I’m not stagnant but I know how I think,

Perhaps philosophers are all like this,

Perhaps they are just trying to convince you?

Maybe, but they are also trying to convince themselves,

And this takes a lot of time and effort,

And so they do struggle,

And I guess I struggle too,

But I’m also sure I’ve gained some real insight

Into what might be behind freewill

And how it works alongside determinism.

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