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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,...
Posted by David001 in General Consciousness Science , 2023-02-17, 12:33 AM
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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) -- 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...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2021-01-17, 08:26 PM
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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...
Posted by Laird in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-12-24, 11:18 AM
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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) -- I hereby promise not to reject an explanation just because it requires something other than determinism and true randomness. Indeterminism is ...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-11-10, 01:48 AM
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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...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-11-10, 12:27 AM
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    Thread: Free will re-redux
Post: RE: Free will re-redux

Wow, we’ve almost got the whole gang back together...
Posted by malf in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-11-09, 06:54 AM
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    Thread: Free will re-redux
Post: RE: Free will re-redux

Ninshub Wrote: (2020-11-06, 05:31 PM) -- Nice to have you back Paul. -- Nice to have you back, Ian too. I guess you're busy at the moment.
Posted by tim in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-11-06, 06:03 PM
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    Thread: Free will re-redux
Post: RE: Free will re-redux

Nice to have you back Paul.
Posted by Ninshub in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-11-06, 05:31 PM
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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.
Posted by Laird in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-11-06, 04:37 PM
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