Free will exists, but by no means is it a miracle.We use "free will" to describe the more complex processes by which behavior ...

The question of whether we have free will–or whether our actions are determined by factors we don’t know about and can’t control–is an ancient one. It probably won’t be resolved any time soon.

American history and culture are steeped in the notion of individual liberty. Communism and socialism are dirty words, smacking as they do of dependency on another, or having another dependent upon us ...

Imagine standing at a crossroads. You pause, thinking you’re about to make a choice — left or right, stay or go, yes or no. It feels deliberate, conscious, yours. But what if that moment of decision ...

Did you click on this article out of your own free will? Or was it predetermined by the cosmic evolution of particles, unfolding in an unbroken chain reaction set in motion by the big bang? Perhaps ...