I remember an argument against determinism saying that we are not just able to make free choices but it is actually necessary to. For example if you have the option of cake or salad for dinner and just sit there expecting all the events leading up to this situation to make this decision for you then nothing will happen. One has to actively choose the course of action to take to move from past events to the future. I was wondering if there was any pacticular philosopher who put this forward?