In March 2012 Sam Harris released a short book on free will. The reception was mixed. Especially philosophers dismissed the book as shallow and misguided. Daniel Dennett published a derisive response to it, which Harris posted and replied to on his blog. Meanwhile, there are still those who think the book is a valuable contribution to the debate on free will. I think that is worrisome, because Harris misrepresents the free will debate and the strength and context of scientific evidence. In this post I list three major problems with Harris’ book and take on free will, also going by his blog posts on the subject.
Caricaturing free will
Caricaturing free will
Caricaturing free will
In March 2012 Sam Harris released a short book on free will. The reception was mixed. Especially philosophers dismissed the book as shallow and misguided. Daniel Dennett published a derisive response to it, which Harris posted and replied to on his blog. Meanwhile, there are still those who think the book is a valuable contribution to the debate on free will. I think that is worrisome, because Harris misrepresents the free will debate and the strength and context of scientific evidence. In this post I list three major problems with Harris’ book and take on free will, also going by his blog posts on the subject.