According to my theories, consciousness is not a nonphysical phenomenon and free will is not a phenomenon isolated from causation, and by the lights of Wright and Strawson (and others), I ought to have the courage then to admit that neither consciousness nor free will really exists. (Perhaps I could soften the blow by being a “fictionalist,” insisting that they don’t really exist but it is remarkably useful to act as if they did.) I don’t see why my critics think their understanding about what really exists is superior to mine, so I demur.
