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Friedman objects to Martin Hoffman's contention (1964) that persistent belief in determinism is empirically unfounded and that free will is only a variable feeling of freedom from internal compulsion. Determinism need not be evaluated as an isolated concept but survives consideration of the validity of memory, the meaning of personal identity, the possibility of communication, and the concept of enduring objects.