Agency and free will are often confused but differ in context: free will implies a dogmatic context (metaphysical), whereas agency refers strictly to an empirical context (how we actually experience choice), avoiding the metaphysical debate entirely.
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“our idea of agency will sometimes get confused for the concept of free will after all they're at least kind of similar in the sense that they deal with the same kind of subject matter the way they differ though is in the context that they're used namely in that free will implies a dogmatic context whereas our idea of agency refers strictly to an empirical one”
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Free Will, Fundamental Agency, & Personal Responsibility | Existential Basics ep.4— The Modern ExistentialistCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:28:42 AM
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