(2021-04-18, 05:49 PM)Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: I gave up forcing the dichotomy about two months ago. I think you've tagged me as a dichotomist with a permanent pen.
How is it that what you're proposing eliminates the something-from-nothing problem? Ultimately, every ontology has a something-from-nothing problem.
~~ Paul
There is no something-from-nothing problem for free-will, rather that is a problem for randomness.
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
- Bertrand Russell