Free will is a problem. If it seems obvious that you are perfectly free to choose and decide, then it seems perfectly clear that you do not understand the problem. Free will is a huge problem, because our sense of free will and the physical structure of the world contradict each other. A kind of solution is to change the definition of free will. Is this fair?

Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN

Watch more interviews on the mystery of free will: https://bit.ly/45n9xGB

Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje

Daniel Clement Dennett III is a philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist and is currently the Codirector of the Center for Cognitive Studies and Professor at Tufts University.

Register for free at CTT.com for subscriberonly exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns

Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.