“Having established that there is no such thing as a free will, the practical thing to do is to go on and pretend there was.”
The thing to do is go on and ignore the question altogether. When I deliberate, I’m not wracked with anxiety about whether I have Free Will. I just go about deliberating. “I deliberate” means I deliberate—whatever else that means; thinking about the else won’t make me a more effective deliberator.
“Having established that there is no such thing as a free will, the practical thing to do is to go on and pretend there was.”
The thing to do is go on and ignore the question altogether. When I deliberate, I’m not wracked with anxiety about whether I have Free Will. I just go about deliberating. “I deliberate” means I deliberate—whatever else that means; thinking about the else won’t make me a more effective deliberator.