Official Review: Free will, do you have it?

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This is just but an amazing topic. It intrigues me to get to see the question of free will being addressed. From the review, the author seems to have had deep reflections while writing this book. Great review!
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I've never heard of procirclism more. This seems like an interesting book to read. Thank you for the informative review
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Procirclism is very intriguing and it makes me look forward to digging into this book to find out what it is and what the third option is in the question of whether we have free will.
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I am not a fan of philosophical books,but from the review I think this book would be interesting and worth reading,I hope to know more about procirclism,beautiful review and congrats for winning botd.
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Post by Ferdinand_Otieno »

This is an philosophical educational non-fiction book highlighting human behavior and exploring the question of whether free will exists in humans. The book is temporarily discounted on Amazon Kindle and has a well-written OnlineBookClub review. Congrats on the BOTD selection.
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The question of free will is a thought-provoking question; kind of like the concept of to be or not to be. I have added the book to my reading list to understand what the third option is, aside from yes or no. Great review!
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This seems to be an intriguing book, indeed. I agree that our brain works in a way that's beyond full comprehension. It's simply too complex yet so interesting. The topics included in this book surely are thought-provoking.  I'm sure I'll enjoy it.
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The idea of "Procirclism" os new to me and sounds intriguing. Though it is completely different from other books that I have tried, I'm won't be able to appreciate this piece. Good job with the review though!
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This collection of astounding postulations and potentially controversial perspectives would indeed be thought provoking. Thank you for providing such an insightful analysis here! 🧠
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Post by Katherine Smith »

This book sounds like a college course in cognitive psychology especially since the author repeats himself multiple times to crystallize the information. This is more reminiscent of a college professor rather than an author. I also liked that the author made complex ideas such as free will into more manageable chunks of information and broke it down so that readers can understand it better.
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Interesting new concept. However, I would not want to read this as it seems quite complicated. Thanks for your detailed and well laid out review
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Post by JodieLKM »

Great review! It is amazing how many books have this same thinking pattern lately. We like to think we do have freewill, but we are always acted upon, therefore we make decisions using these actions. Freewill is not necessarily a fantasy, but we like to think our actions come from our own decisions, not the reaction to someone else's action. Thank you.
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This sounds like a book to seriously challenge the reader to think and I like that. I believe it will inspire me to look at freewill and actions in a different light so I look forward to reading this one some more. Great review!
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Post by Tars »

"Free will, do you have it?" Well, I might be wrong, but I always thought that the free will is a matter of the natural process of growing up. If the person was raised just right by normal parents who managed to have the kids best interest at heart without controlling every action such question becomes redundant.
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Post by Meranda Melin »

Your review makes me want to read this book more than the quick description of this book does! Procirclism seems interesting, but also very vague. I am wondering if it's just re-imagining the current theories of nature vs nurture or if he consults with past and current philosophies on free will, as this is such a big topic already! It will be interesting to find out!
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