Its as if Paul is asking to understand what lies behind the door of "free will" in a reductive sort of way. I (sort of) understand what he's asking ("Thoughts pop into my head"). Its not like I feel as if I am conjuring my thoughts, but trying to wrap my head around what goes into my "free will" seems to be asking who's the puppet master behind my thoughts.
Maybe there is one, but that can of worms seems to lead into an infinite regress. (Who's the puppet master's puppet master?)
Perhaps its not knowable per se. I just struggle to believe the solution is some uber complex calculus governed by the laws of nature that themselves are supposedly immune to regress (e.g., the materialist perspective: there is no agent behind anything).
(This post was last modified: 2019-02-18, 09:16 PM by Silence.)
Maybe there is one, but that can of worms seems to lead into an infinite regress. (Who's the puppet master's puppet master?)
Perhaps its not knowable per se. I just struggle to believe the solution is some uber complex calculus governed by the laws of nature that themselves are supposedly immune to regress (e.g., the materialist perspective: there is no agent behind anything).
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