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so uncertainty about x implies x.

this seems highly implausible for just about anything other than uncertainty and anything that uncertainty implies (thinking for example).

Is the intuition that deliberation (rather than uncertainty) about free will implies free will?

But without assuming free will to begin with, deliberation ought also questioned as whether it legitmately exists. Sure, people reason to conclusions, but is it deliberation if they must end up at one particular answer (is not knowing what the answer will be sufficient to call reasoning deliberation? maybe?)

Without the further elaboration that Russell could provide, this stance is suprisingly uninformative, but at least it recognizes the work required to answer the question well. And since many people have strong feelings about the issue without precise and rigorous definitions, this is worth something.