Freedom Evolves

Chris Barden wrote
>I have been very absorbed in the work of Daniel Dennett as of late. A
>strict materialist through and through, Dennett nevertheless believes
>we have free will. He would fall under Loren's "option 3". His book
>"Freedom Evolves" is especially useful in this regard. In many ways
>it is a continuation of his discussions in "Darwin's Dangerous Idea"
>about strong AI and the ability to "design in" free will using
>evolutionary considerations.

Actually 'Elbow Room' is a much better book than Freedom Evolves for
this subject.

Freedom Evolves uses a bit of evolutionary psychology which is not a
totally stable base for the conclusions in the book.

Elbow Room is based on sounder philosophical concepts, and I happen to
think that it is also better written.

-- 
Steven Carr