Redefining Free Will: Creativity as the Core of Autonomous Agency

Abstract

This paper critiques the traditional view of free will as the capacity to choose, introducing a novel framework that redefines free will as the capacity to generate creative choices. By emphasizing the role of creativity, the paper shifts the focus from decision-making to the process of forming choices, highlighting that free will varies in degree and can be enhanced through learning and experience. This reconceptualization reconciles free will with rationality and offers a coherent explanation of human agency, addressing metaphysical concerns about determinism and indeterminism while preserving the essence of human autonomy.