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Thread: Free will and determinism
Post: RE: Free will and determinism
This is only a minor point, but I do wish that Helen Steward had been interviewed in a more conventional fashion.
As it was, I felt there was a strange teenage awkwardness to the discussion. Also,...
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Thread: Free will re-redux
Post: RE: Free will re-redux
Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2021-01-17, 06:24 PM)
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But then why should I believe in it, if there is not only no description possible but also no evidence? In fact, if no description if possible...
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Thread: Free will re-redux
Post: RE: Free will re-redux
Once upon a time, there lived a poor, starving orphan. It wasn't his fault that he was an orphan: after all, he couldn't conceive of how his parents could exist, therefore, they didn't.
The poor, s...
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Thread: Free will re-redux
Post: RE: Free will re-redux
Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2020-11-10, 01:34 AM)
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I hereby promise not to reject an explanation just because it requires something other than determinism and true randomness. Indeterminism is ...
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Thread: Free will re-redux
Post: RE: Free will re-redux
In desperate hope of this conversation not being a repeat of the 75 page thread and all prior Skeptiko free will discussion, here's William James on why "randomness" could just as easily mean "inner c...
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Thread: Free will re-redux
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Wow, we’ve almost got the whole gang back together...
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Thread: Free will re-redux
Post: RE: Free will re-redux
Ninshub Wrote: (2020-11-06, 05:31 PM)
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Nice to have you back Paul.
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Nice to have you back, Ian too. I guess you're busy at the moment.
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Thread: Free will re-redux
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Nice to have you back Paul.
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Thread: Free will re-redux
Post: RE: Free will re-redux
That was meant to be playful if pointed, btw. In any case, welcome back, friend. I hope there are no hard feelings from last time.
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