section_path: Scientific approaches/Believing in free will
section_name: Believing in free will
paragraph_text: Believing in free will
  
  Since at least 1959, free will belief in individuals has been analysed with respect to traits in social behaviour. In general, the concept of free will researched to date in this context has been that of the incompatibilist, or more specifically, the libertarian, that is freedom from determinism.