Free Will Defined

Matter that can arrange itself to conform to a concept.

Matter that is a reaction to what came before, can not be defined as “free”.

Errorless Causal Chain

Matter can neither be correct nor incorrect.

A rainstorm can’t happen in the wrong place. It can’t be the wrong size. It can’t move at the wrong speed. It can only have characteristics and properties that physics / causality has determined it will have.

A rainstorm in the wrong place is a subjective judgment, not a factual statement.

Only Things that Exist can Affect Causality

“Things” that do not exist can not affect the causal chain. Magic can’t affect the causal chain, God can’t affect the causal chain.

Complexity and Unpredictability does not Equal Free Will

Simply adding complexity and unpredictability does not grant free will.

The determinist will say “with sufficient or perfect knowledge of physics, all but true randomness can be predicted. Things that are unpredictable now are due to a lack of knowledge, not some ghost in the machine.”

Free Will Acceptance / Determinism Catch 22

If concepts do not Exist

If concepts do not exist, they can not interact with the causal chain. If concepts don’t interact with the causal chain, they can’t be used to change someone else’s mind.

To say that something like a concept that don’t exist can affect the causal chain would be to open the door to God, magic, and free will being able to affect the causal chain – A self defeating argument for the determinist.

If Concepts do Exist

If concepts do exist, they are a part of the causal chain, and can not contain error.

This would mean that any error is outside of the causal chain, as the causal chain doesn’t have error.

To correct someone, you would need to use or point to something outside of the causal chain that can be true or false. Another self defeating argument for the determinist.

Without Free Will, True and False are Meaningless

Pointing to a part of the causal chain and declaring it incorrect is akin to saying a raincloud is in the wrong place. One may have a subjective feeling that they don’t like it to be raining, but to say “it shouldn’t be raining” in regards to physics would be erroneous.

TLDR

P1. Concepts do not exist and are not a part of physics
P2. The mind exists
P3. Things that do not exist can not affect physics
C1. Concepts can not affect the mind

P1. Concepts exist and are a part of physics
P2. Physics is errorless
C1. Concepts are errorless