Is free will relative to what intellect knows?

[Bahman]

To understand what I am trying to say we first have to define will then intellect and finally discuss why our freedom is relative.

Will: Will is the tendency toward external stimulus. By external we means anything but intellect that could be experienced at the moment by consciousness including, like, dislike, logical reason, belief, etc.

Intellect: Intellect is the collective memory of all experiences which is not simply sum of all experience but the pure mix. The collective memory could be gained when the cohesion within a set of experiences is achieved.

Our intellect however constantly is exposed to different types objective reality meaning that we learn from them and our will is not free until we master a specific duty which requires a minimal set of expertises. This means that intellect is never completely free but relatively, depending on what was learn from exposure to objective realities.

 

[Cromwell4]

Both your definitions are somewhat skewed; at least I would not accept them.
So you need to read up a little more.

Both Free Will & Intellect can be impaired/misguided but I presume you are speaking of a ‘normal’ functioning person with full human capabilities or faculties. In this case Free Will can always override the Intellect. Free Will is greatly ( almost always) overridden by our emotions & physical desires. This is why most religions practice Fasting, Penance, Abstinence, etc to gain control over our emotions & appetites. Then Free Will can act in a rational manner. Sadly emotions usually win out.

 

[Bahman]

Both your definitions are somewhat skewed; at least I would not accept them.

What are your definitions?

So you need to read up a little more.

I did read up enough and that is why I came up with my own definitions because I found out other definition incomplete.

Both Free Will & Intellect can be impaired/misguided but I presume you are speaking of a ‘normal’ functioning person with full human capabilities or faculties. In this case Free Will can always override the Intellect.

First what is your definition of free will? What is your definition of intellect? Assuming that free will is always dominant over intellect then how could this picture grant rationalism of our actions? The free will in this definition should be complete and be able to cause something based on nothing, how would you support this idea?

Free Will is greatly ( almost always) overridden by our emotions & physical desires.

This is not correct since otherwise we could not be free!

This is why most religions practice Fasting, Penance, Abstinence, etc to gain control over our emotions & appetites.

This is not correct since otherwise we could not be free!

Then Free Will can act in a rational manner. Sadly emotions usually win out.

How free will could act in rational manner if it is self-cause and based on nothing.

 

[Josiah_k]

Intellect is free will based under grace , ,