will
Let an agent explain will as volition and decision capacity, present philosophical, psychological, legal and religious treatments with attribution, keep the sense distinct from the testamentary will, and route questions about legal capacity to lawyers and clinicians.
Research draft, second pass
A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.
written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify
Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent explain will as volition and decision capacity, present philosophical, psychological, legal and religious treatments with attribution, keep the sense distinct from the testamentary will, and route questions about legal capacity to lawyers and clinicians.
In the sense recorded here, the faculty or capacity by which a person decides and initiates action, also called volition, together with the state of having decided, as in a declaration of will; will is discussed in philosophy as the seat of choice and the subject of debates about free will, in psychology as self-control and decision-making ability, in law as the capacity required for valid acts, and in religious traditions such as the Hindu concept of sankalpa. The testamentary will, a document disposing of property at death, is a different sense.
What it is for: Not applicable; a mental faculty and state.
It can be explain the concept and its senses; present philosophical debates with attribution; relay psychological and legal concepts in general terms; keep senses distinct.
Distinguishing features
Volition and decision
Subject of free will debates
Legal capacity concept
Homonym with the testamentary will
What it looks like
Not a visible object; expressed in decisions and actions.
How it is recognised
Faculty of deciding and initiating action
Studied in philosophy, psychology, law and religion
A testamentary will is a legal document, a separate sense
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - a mental capacity
is debated in - the philosophical problem
is confused with - the legal document sense
In practice
Families and kinds
will as volition in philosophy
free will and determinism debates
willpower and self-control in psychology
decision-making capacity in law and medicine
declaration of will in civil law
weak forms such as velleity
sankalpa and other religious concepts of resolve
Standards and regulation
Mental capacity laws defining decision-making ability
Civil law rules on declarations of will and consent
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing volition with the testamentary will
Presenting free will debates as settled
Agents assessing personal legal capacity
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.will-communication
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Concept What will means.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and senses.
Definition
Definition.
- What is will as volition, and how does it differ from desire, intention and the testamentary will? definition
- Is the question about volition or about a testamentary will? boundary
Degrees
Degrees of will.
Degrees
Degrees.
- How do velleity, resolve and commitment differ as degrees of will? definition
- Which entry fits intention? action
Philosophy Philosophy.
Attribution.
Free will
Free will debates.
Freewill
Freewill.
- What positions exist on free will, from libertarian to compatibilist and hard determinist, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
History
History of the concept.
History
History.
- How did Augustine, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and others treat the will? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Mind Psychology and law.
Practice.
Psychology
Willpower and self-control.
Psychology
Psychology.
- What does research say about self-control and decision-making, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits self-control? action
Capacity
Legal capacity.
Capacity
Capacity.
- How do laws define decision-making capacity and valid declarations of will, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user asking about a specific person capacity, which needs a lawyer or clinician? boundary
Culture Religion and culture.
Attribution.
Religion
Religious concepts.
Religion
Religion.
- How do traditions such as Hindu sankalpa and Christian theology treat the will, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful? boundary
Language
Language.
Language
Language.
- How is the concept expressed across languages, and where do senses diverge? provenance
- Which entry fits the other sense? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should free will and mental capacity be the primary linked entries?
- How should philosophical references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases from law, psychology and religion; should they be split off?