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According to nineteenth century classical physics, reality is described in purely physical terms, and is deterministic: the world is described in terms of mathematical properties attached to space-time points, and the future is completely determined by the past, by virtue of mathematical conditions on these properties. This formerly-believed feature of nature is called the “Causal Closure of the Physical”).
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A reference to Libet’s work can be found in the Supplementary Material.
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Stapp, H.P. (2017). The Libet “Free Will” Experiments. In: Quantum Theory and Free Will. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58301-3_9
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