What is "Will" ?
Commonly used in expressions like: “will power” “free will” things like that.. what is “will” ?? what does it refer to? how is it to be understood?
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It is the action that compels you.
–noun
1. the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions: the freedom of the will.
2. power of choosing one’s own actions: to have a strong or a weak will.
3. the act or process of using or asserting one’s choice; volition: My hands are obedient to my will.
4. wish or desire: to submit against one’s will.
5. purpose or determination, often hearty or stubborn determination; willfulness: to have the will to succeed.
6. the wish or purpose as carried out, or to be carried out: to work one’s will.
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It is all that is left when you won’t won’t.
If I’d have to improvise a definition, I’d say it’s an organisation of certain parts of your mind that acts as a driving force to direct your thoughts and actions to bring about a certain state of affairs.
And it’s also an African-American actor whose mum got scared and sent him to move in with his auntie and uncle in Bel-Air.
He’s the other half of Grace. From that dumb television show that I never watched.
@Axemusica that answer sucks. I blame the dictionary you quoted, not you. ;)
Based off of @Fyrius’ comment.. I’m leaning towards the definition being: Truth as far as you have come to understand it.
Wouldnt that be “perception”?
The truth about yourself and about what would make you happy?
yea.. but.. again, “as far as you’ve come to understand” what would make you happy. the limits of your awareness about what is good and worth your time and what is bad and worth avoiding.
It’s what my 5 year old son does when he decides to do the opposite of what I tell him.
I spent a large part of a semester in a college philosphy talking about whether or not we have free-will and what it is…I can not answer this in an internet forum…
A character on Star Trek TNG
Patterns of firing neurons.
This question’s train of thought was headed for CA, but now it’s in North Dakota thanks to my last post.
The ability to resist conformaty
A great mystery. It is that part of the emergent property of the brain that we call self which creates self-directed behavior.
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