https://stultus.in/notes/tags/free-will/Recent content in Free-Will on stultus notesHugoen-usHrishikesh Bhaskaran ♥Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://stultus.in/notes/thinking-falling-stone/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://stultus.in/notes/thinking-falling-stone/Spinoza’s analogy: a stone falling under gravity, if granted consciousness, would interpret its fall as a desire — confusing necessity for choice.https://stultus.in/notes/free-will-is-an-illusion/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://stultus.in/notes/free-will-is-an-illusion/Spinoza’s claim that what we feel as free choice is determined by prior causes — neurons, history, disposition — and merely experienced as freedom.https://stultus.in/notes/political-freedom-without-free-will/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://stultus.in/notes/political-freedom-without-free-will/Einstein admired Spinoza’s denial of free will yet fought for democracy and human rights — the two commitments operate at different levels and need not contradict.https://stultus.in/notes/sources/spinoza-einstein-free-will-short/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://stultus.in/notes/sources/spinoza-einstein-free-will-short/Avshalom Elitzur on Spinoza’s denial of free will, Einstein’s love for him, and the paradox of believing in political freedom while doubting metaphysical free will.