Freedom Evolves
Author: Daniel C. Dennett
Daniel C. Dennett’s Freedom Evolves tackles the most important question of human existence – is there really such a thing as free will?How can humans make genuinely independent choices if we are just a cluster of cells and genes in a world determined by scientific laws?Here, Daniel Dennett provides an impassioned defense of free will. But rather than freedom being an etern….Read More
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