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The Airplane Theory of Free Will: Passengers are free. The flight plan is not. Human beings possess local freedom while the universe follows a global
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Publisher: Kattan
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Are you really free?
Every day you make hundreds of decisions. You choose what to say, what to believe, whom to trust, and how to live.
But can you choose the larger direction of your life?
For thousands of years, philosophers have debated one of humanity's oldest questions:
Do human beings truly possess free will?
In The Airplane Theory of Free Will, engineer, educator, and author Peter I. Kattan introduces a simple yet powerful idea that offers a fresh perspective on this timeless mystery.
Imagine yourself as a passenger on an airplane.
Inside the cabin you enjoy genuine freedom. You decide what to read, whether to sleep, whom to talk to, and how to spend the journey.
Yet you cannot alter the destination, redirect the aircraft, or rewrite the flight plan.
Could human freedom work in the same way?
Could we possess authentic local freedom while the universe itself follows a larger global order?
Blending philosophy, science, theology, systems thinking, neuroscience, and memorable everyday analogies, this book explores an entirely new framework for understanding free will.
Inside you'll discover:
- Why the traditional debate between determinism and free will may be asking the wrong question
- The difference between local freedom and global constraint
- How engineering, complexity science, and information theory illuminate philosophy
- The relationship between responsibility, destiny, and meaning
- Why accepting limits can actually increase personal freedom
Accessible to both general readers and lifelong learners, The Airplane Theory of Free Will offers a thought-provoking journey into one of philosophy's greatest mysteries.
Perhaps the deepest question is not:
Am I free?
Perhaps it is:
Within what framework am I free?
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