Feb 18, 2023
I don't think determinism is incompatible with choice. In fact it may be necessary for it. I elaborate on that idea in this article:
https://medium.com/illumination/do-we-have-free-will-d2ab777ca437
Also, if you want a very interesting discussion of how life, mind, and other "teleological" loci of causality can emerge from a purely deterministic, physical process, check out Terrence Deacon's book Incomplete Nature.