?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Towards+Implementing+Free-Will&rft.creator=Edmonds%2C+Bruce&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Some+practical+criteria+for+free-will+are+suggested+where+free-will+is+a+matter+of+degree.+It+is+argued+that+these+are+more+appropriate+than+some+extremely+idealised+conceptions.+Thus+although+the+paper+takes+lessons+from+philosophy+it+avoids+idealistic+approaches+as+irrelevant.+A+mechanism+for+allowing+an+agent+to+meet+these+criteria+is+suggested%3A+that+of+facilitating+the+gradual+emergence+of+free-will+in+the+brain+via+an+internal+evolutionary+process.+This+meets+the+requirement+that+not+only+must+the+choice+of+action+be+free+but+also+choice+in+the+method+of+choice%2C+and+choice+in+the+method+of+choice+of+the+method+of+choice+etc.+This+is+directly+analogous+to+the+emergence+of+life+from+non-life.+Such+an+emergence+of+indeterminism+with+respect+to+the+conditions+of+the+agent+fits+well+with+the+%60Machiavellian+Intelligence+Hypothesis'+which+posits+that+our+intelligence+evolved+(at+least+partially)+to+enable+us+to+deal+with+social+complexity+and+modelling+%60arms+races'.+There+is+a+clear+evolutionary+advantage+in+being+internally+coherent+in+seeking+to+fulfil+ones+goals+and+unpredictable+by+ones+peers.+To+fully+achieve+this+vision+several+other+aspects+of+cognition+are+necessary%3A+open-ended+strategy+development%3B+the+meta-evolution+of+the+evolutionary+process%3B+the+facility+to+anticipate+the+results+of+strategies%3B+and+the+situating+of+this+process+in+a+society+of+competitive+peers.+Finally+the+requirement+that+reports+of+the+deliberations+that+lead+to+actions+need+to+be+socially+acceptable+leads+to+the+suggestion+that+the+language+that+the+strategies+are+developed+within+be+subject+to+a+normative+process+in+parallel+with+the+development+of+free-will.+An+appendix+outlines+a+philosophical+position+in+support+of+my+position.&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F558%2F3%2Ftifw.pdf&rft.identifier=++Edmonds%2C+Bruce++(2000)+Towards+Implementing+Free-Will.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F558%2F