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For a long time this dilemma has existed in philosophy - is our will free or are our actions determined. This dilemma is not properly presented. It assumes that there is a stable, unchanging "I" which can act freely or is forced by circumstances to take certain decisions. First of all, the "I" is constantly developing, changing. We are free to accept or not the influence of certain experience and to change, or not. Then the "I-at-the-moment" freely takes the decision.
In E.R. Emmet's book "Learning to Philosophize" this subject has been developed very well.
For a long time this dilemma has existed in philosophy - is our will free or are our actions determined. This dilemma is not properly presented. It assumes that there is a stable, unchanging "I" which can act freely or is forced by circumstances to take certain decisions. First of all, the "I" is constantly developing, changing. We are free to accept or not the influence of certain experience and to change, or not. Then the "I-at-the-moment" freely takes the decision.
In E.R. Emmet's book "Learning to Philosophize" this subject has been developed very well.
