Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will

INTRODUCTION ; The problem of free will and responsibility ; Compatibilism ; Haldane's argument ; How I will proceed ; 1. FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS ; Can I be certain that I exist? ; The need for language ; Experiences and the external world ; Foundational beliefs ; 2. TRUTH AND RATIONALITY ; Truth ; Relativity of truth? ; Rationality ; Fallacies and biases ; Stich's argument ; A legal example ; Core assertions about truth and rationality ; 3. PLAUSIBLE REASONING ; Formal and informal reasoning ; Induction ; Bayes' theorem ; Illustration of Bayes' theorem ; Levels of cognitive processes ; Core assertions about plausible reasoning ; 4. CONSCIOUSNESS AND DECISION-MAKING ; Dual aspects ; Characteristic features of conscious experiences ; Subjectivity ; Qualia and unity ; Neural correlates of consciousness ; The efficacy of conscious experiences ; Three questions ; Rule-determined processes do not need consciousness ; Core assertions about consciousness and decision-making ; 5. GESTALTS AND RULES ; The argument outlined ; Laws and rules ; The Game of Life and computation ; Tricks of consciousness ; Some further thoughts ; Core assertions about gestalts and rules ; 6. HOW GESTALTS PROMOTE RATIONALITY ; Evolutionary origins ; Aesthetic judgments ; Plausible reasoning ; Conclusion ; Core assertions about how gestalts promote rationality ; 7. SCIENCE AND DETERMINISM ; A lawful universe ; Quantum mechanics ; The free will theorem ; Explanation of the theorem ; Implications ; Time and the block universe ; Core assertions about science and determinism ; 8. NEUROSCIENCE AND CONSCIOUS CHOICE ; Science and the brain ; A general picture ; The Cartesian theatre ; The scale and nature of quantum effects ; Libet, Gazzaniga and Wegner ; Core assertions about neuroscience and conscious choice ; 9. INDETERMINISTIC FREE WILL ; Will and responsibility ; Comparison with Kane ; Agent-causation ; Compatibilism ; Assessment of compatibilism ; Does luck swallow everything? ; More about luck ; Core assertions about indeterministic free will ; 10. VALUE JUDGMENTS ; A different philosophical approach ; Natural imperatives ; Absolute imperatives ; Prima facie imperatives ; No reasonable irreconcilable differences ; Why be moral? ; Good, evil and beauty ; Community practices and laws ; Legal systems ; Capacity for reasonable value judgments ; Core assertions about value judgments ; 11. RESPONSIBILITY AND RETRIBUTION ; Responses to wrong conduct ; Overview ; Australian criminal law ; Retribution as a restriction on State compulsion ; Why retribution should be maintained ; Philosophical bases for retribution ; The future of retribution ; Core assertions about responsibility and retribution ; 12. THE BIG PICTURE ; The scientific account ; An experienced universe ; Constraint, empowerment and guidance ; Religious belief: a subject for rational enquiry ; A value-embedded universe ; Where do we come from? ; Where are we going? ; Can more specific beliefs be supported? ; Potential for evil and good ; Core assertions about the big picture ; APPENDIX A WHY BAYES' THEOREM WORKS ; APPENDIX B AGAINST FUNDAMENTALISM: BIBLICAL MORALITY ; Abraham and Isaac ; The Passover ; The Promised Land ; The New Testament ; REFERENCES