Do we have free will? After so many centuries of debate by so many great thinkers, can we still make progress in answering this question? That’s the goal of the Big... video Big Questions in Free Will Documentary 1:37:06 Watch
How we think about free will affects how we live our lives and structure our societies. In Part II of our following the multi-year ‘Big Questions in Free Will’ project,... video Big Questions in Free Will II? Episode 11 Season 14 26:47 Watch
What is free will? Do we have free will? The ‘Big Questions in Free Will’ project tackles these issues in a multi-year study.  In Part I, scientists and philosophers... video Big Questions in Free Will I? Episode 10 Season 14 26:47 Watch
Free will seems obvious, simple, common; but it’s subtle, profound, maddening, Free will probes the deep nature of human existence. But big questions have big problems. video Why is Free Will a Big Question? Episode 09 Season 11 26:46 Watch
Some philosophers and scientists claim that because every event is determined by prior events, including every event in our brains, free will is not real. What are the... video Is Free Will an Illusion? Episode 10 Season 11 26:46 Watch
Our human sense is that our will is fully free. Our scientific sense is that every action is determined by a prior action. Free will versus determinism is a big question,... video Why is Free Will a Mystery? Episode 12 Season 10 26:45 Watch
If it seems obvious that you are perfectly free to choose and decide, then it seems perfectly clear that you underestimate the problem (and have never questioned a... video What is Free Will? Episode 10 Season 02 26:46 Watch
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... playlist What is Free Will? Topic Series 7 videos 56:31 Watch
Our human sense is that our will is fully free. Our scientific sense is that every action is determined by a prior action. Free will versus determinism is a big question... playlist Mysteries of Free Will Topic Series 10 videos 1:32:02 Watch
Free will seems obvious, simple, common; but it’s subtle, profound, maddening. Free will probes the deep nature of human existence. But big questions have big problems.... playlist Big Questions in Free Will Topic Series 11 videos 1:38:40 Watch
Free will is a perennial conundrum. The ‘Big Questions in Free Will’ project brought together scientists, philosophers and theologians in a novel... playlist Big Questions in Free Will Project Topic Series 5 videos 56:11 Watch
Some philosophers and scientists claim that because every event is determined by prior events, including every event in our brains, free will cannot be real. What are the... playlist Is Free Will an Illusion? Topic Series 5 videos 42:38 Watch
Free will seems so obvious. Whatever I want to do, I just do. But could ‘I’ be fooled? Some say that free will is an illusion, and they back up their claim with... playlist Do Humans have Free Will? Topic Series 6 videos 44:51 Watch
Deirdre Barrett Clinical Psychologist, Harvard Medical School; Past President, International Association for the Study of Dreams
Daniel Dennett Former University Professor, Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University
Bertram Malle Professor of Psychology, Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University
Michael Merzenich Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco; Kavli Laureate in Neuroscience
John Searle Former Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Mind and Language, University of California, Berkeley
Robert Stickgold Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Center for Sleep and Cognition, Harvard University
Richard Swinburne Emeritus Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, University of Oxford
Dean Zimmerman Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Rutgers Center for the Philosophy of Religion, Rutgers University
