[MD] British Emergentism

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[mark] 
> This has also been shown with physiological experiments. 
> If someone is asked to raise his hand in a moment, the intent (as seen 
> though electrophysiology) precedes the actual intellectual realization  
> of the intent by about 300 msec (or one third of a second).  That is 
> the decision is made before we realize it.  Our realization is just 
> a hindsight intellectualization of what is already happened... 
> What does this say about free will? 

This is why our late, lamented MD participant Krimmel called it 
"free won't".  Our decision might occur before we realize it, 
but that decision often  can s till be reversed.  Therein lies the freedom. 
Craig