{"id":1120,"date":"2016-06-24T10:03:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T10:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/rpe\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2016-06-24T10:03:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T10:03:54","slug":"free-will-debate-at-rpe-open-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/rpe\/2016\/06\/24\/free-will-debate-at-rpe-open-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Will debate at RPE Open Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the upcoming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/rpe\/rpe\/2016\/06\/06\/religion-philosophy-ethics-open-days-2016\/\">open days<\/a>\u00a0this June, October and November, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/rpe\/rpe\/who-we-are\/dr-david-webster\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr David Webster<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/rpe\/rpe\/who-we-are\/dr-roy-jackson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Roy Jackson<\/a> are going to argue. Nothing new there. But the topic is one that really matters. They are going to argue about Free-Will.<\/p>\n<p>Roy will argue that all our thoughts and actions are determined, and that Freedom of the Will is an illusion.. Dave is not going to agree..<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video to set the scene, conceptually:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Free Will &amp; The Person - Waking Life\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0hXbxeIYcZ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is a preview of the two speakers &#8211; and the positions that they will take at the Open Day:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Is Free Will an illusion?\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MjPvhWte7bI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Free Will is not an illusion\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZRkfu2kwgPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Visit an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/visit\/open\/Pages\/undergraduate-open-days.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Day<\/a> to hear more &#8211; and make up your own mind..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the upcoming\u00a0open days\u00a0this June, October and November, Dr David Webster and Dr Roy Jackson are going to argue. Nothing new there. But the topic is one that really matters. 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