ABSTRACT
In recent years, the scientific community has been weighing in on the issue of free will. Many articles in scientific journals and in popular science venues discuss the implications of scientific research for whether we have free will. Some of these articles talk about quantum physics, some about neuroscience, and some discuss experiments with other animals (fruit flies even!). Most current-day philosophers agree that science is relevant to
the free will issue in various ways. After all, physicists can give us insight into whether determinism is true. And psychologists and neuroscientists will have a lot to tell us about our motivations and our brain processes. But when scientists conclude that their experiments prove the existence or non-existence of free will, are such conclusions justified? In this chapter, we will discuss the role science may have to play in the issue of free will.
