Imagine standing at a crossroads. You pause, thinking you’re about to make a choice — left or right, stay or go, yes or no. It feels deliberate, conscious, yours. But what if that moment of decision ...

Does something like "free will" really exist? We often take it for granted, but philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists have debated the issue for decades—if not centuries. In his recent Ph.D.

Are you a passive cue ball, your path determined by whatever bumps you? Or are you freely and independently choosing your own path? We’ve debated this determinism vs. free will question for millennia ...

Do you believe in free will? Some scholars do not — and they rely on evidence from the brain sciences to make their case. Some people find the dismissal of the idea that we are in control of our ...