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    Master Thesis
    Intuitive and reflective foundations of free will and scientific determinism Özgür irade ve bilimsel belirlenimciliğin sezgisel ve bilişsel yansımayaya dayalı kökenleri
    (Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2021) Yılmaz, Onurcan; Yılmaz, Onurcan
    Contrary to the past literature investigating the intuitive foundations of belief in free will and determinism, we offer a new way to empirically investigate the same topic using the dual-process model of mind. In an experiment using Turkish participants, where reliance on intuition and reflection was manipulated in a between-subjects design, we tried to estimate whether reflection increases or decreases the endorsement of free will and scientific determinism. In the experiment, participants were assigned to one of the four conditions, which are time-pressure (intuition), debiasing training (reflection), emotion induction (intuition), and control. In addition, in the time-pressure condition, we embedded a within-sample design in which participants were first asked to respond to belief in free will and determinism scales under time-pressure (i.e., allowing intuition) and then asked to revise their answers in no time-pressure condition (i.e., as control condition). Our main hypothesis posits that reflection would increase the endorsement of scientific determinism, and that it would decrease the endorsement of free will. On the other hand, we expect that intuition would decrease scientific determinism and increase free will. We also explore whether the individual propensity to think reflectively (as measured with the cognitive reflection test and the actively open-minded thinking scale) can serve as a boundary condition in understanding the effect of cognitive styles on free will and determinism beliefs. Also, the compatibility of free will and determinism beliefs was measured for exploratory purposes. Results indicated that between-subjects manipulations significantly affected belief in free will and determinism. Debiasing training diminished belief in free will but did not affect determinism beliefs. Time-pressure condition increased the endorsement of belief in free will and decreased determinism. Emotion prime and within-subject embedded condition did not produce significant results. The results partially support the view that intuition favors the belief in free will and impedes determinism.