title: Free will, mechanism, and the nature of being human: Reply to Tryon (2016).
abstract: This article responds to comments by Tryon (see record 2016-41532-005) regarding the nature of mechanism and free will in psychological science. It is agreed that psychological science has problems with the presentation of mechanistic theories that are simplistic and based on weak data. However, it is argued that a systematic effort to study free will is a worthwhile enterprise. Current data provide evidence both for and against the existence of free will. Sophisticated analysis may provide routes to reconcile determinism with free will in newer and more ecologically valid theory.
authors: Stetson University.
authors: Christopher J
authors: CJ
authors: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012586:Science