Ian Durham: A Formal Model of Consciousness and Emergent Free Will

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What is the essence of free will? We have a belief that when we make a choice, what we choose has a high degree of probability of happening. Can we build a formal physical and mathematical model that captures this? In his talk at FQxI's 6th International Conference in Tuscany, Italy, Ian Durham describes his attempt to do this.

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Keywords: Physics Free Will Durham Mind Matters Tuscany Italy Agency Consciousness Intelligence in the Physical World APW CPW IPW Fetzer Franklin Fund FFF