Free Will by Sam Harris
In their debut episode, Steven and Alex use Sam Harris's thought-provoking short book / long essay Free Will as a starting point to delve into this fascinating issue. They consider what the lack of free will might mean for our mental health and the broader goal of living an authentic, happy and meaningful life.
Further Resources:
- Books by Sam Harris available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sam-Harris/e/B001H6UFQ0/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
- Sam Harris's website (and home of the Making Sense podcast): https://samharris.org/
- An outstanding and very readable article by the late American philosopher Brand Blanshard about free will: http://www.anthonyflood.com/blansharddeterminism.htm
- An episode of Sam Harris's Making Sense podcast in which he and Daniel Dennett discuss their conflicting views and public disagreements on the issue of free will: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sueFi0F8ynE&ab_channel=CriticalThoughts
- A recent episode of Sam Harris's Making Sense podcast about free will: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u45SP7Xv_oU&ab_channel=SamHarris
- Steve Taylor’s blog post in the Scientific American critiquing the methodology of the Libet experiments: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-a-flawed-experiment-proved-that-free-will-doesnt-exist/
