The second session, entitled "Genes and Disease: The Links and Their Consequences for Human Freedom," opened the way to the debate on one of the "hot topics" linked to the biotechnologic progress we ...

The philosopher John Gray discusses his latest book, The Soul of the Marionette, with the novelist Will Self The age-old question of whether the freedom we feel we have is merely an illusion was the ...

I love a good oxymoron, and free will is one of my favorites. There’s often wisdom to be harvested from oxymorons. Freedom is unconstrained dithering, doing whatever. Will is self-discipline, ...

For a man who thinks he's a robot, Professor Patrick Haggard is remarkably cheerful about it. "We certainly don't have free will," says the leading British neuroscientist. "Not in the sense we think." ...

We can tell light because we know darkness, appreciate music because we know silence. Antithesis, heterogeneity, nuances. That's how nature has evolved. The richest worlds are those that bask in a ...