Daniel C Dennett ... Elbow Room

[astrobassist]

Do we need to feel like we have agency in order to have it?

[astrobassist]

Dennett explores what science has to say about placing the limits on human agency (through determinism), but also the space "elbows out" in the sake of human agency, shining a positive but not overly optimistic light on the human situation.

[astrobassist]

@astrobassist whoops I meant to say the space that science "elbows out" in the sake of human agency. What I mean by that is that Dennett is saying that science's account of human agency may be limiting in some senses, but empowering in others.

[LennyBound]

Dennett is the man.

[somor98]

Beautifully put!!