Quantum Indeterminacy and Libertarian Panpsychism
Mind and Matter July 20, 2024 M. Masi
The standard argument against free will holds that if volition depended on physically indeterministic processes, actions would be random and lack control. Quantum indeterminacy is often dismissed as irrelevant to libertarian agent-causation theories because interfering with quantum probability distributions would violate those laws. This paper challenges that assumption, presenting a concrete example in which a hypothetical agent with access to the temporal ordering of events can predetermine the outcome of a process without altering its defining probability laws. This conclusion is then used as the basis for a libertarian panpsychist interpretive model.