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Philosophy, sociology and religion

Philosophy, sociology and religion

Why free will is beyond physics

06 Jan 2021
Taken from the January 2021 issue of Physics World.

Philip Ball argues that “free will” is not ruled out by physics – because it doesn’t stem from physics in the first place

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Wrong way If physics can disprove free will, then it must override everything else too, even evolution. (CC BY 4.0 Alain Houle (Harvard University))
Free will worries many physicists. It looks impossible to reconcile with a belief in deterministic p

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Philip Ball is a science writer based in the UK, e-mail p.ball@btinternet.com
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