https://blog.dev-kat.com/blog Blog covering various topics related to philosophy and software engineering en-us goblinlordx+blog@gmail.com (Ben Baldivia) goblinlordx+blog@gmail.com (Ben Baldivia) Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.dev-kat.com/blog/on-free-will https://blog.dev-kat.com/blog/on-free-will A walk through the major arguments for and against free will, with notes on which ones I find compelling and where they fail. Then the position those arguments leave me with — broadly determinist, broadly functionalist, deflationary about the compatibilist / incompatibilist dispute, and explicitly non-eliminativist about will, awareness, and qualia. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT goblinlordx+blog@gmail.com (Ben Baldivia) free willphilosophyconsciousnessdeterminismphysics