Popular Post lucretius Posted May 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2021 13 hours ago, Iving said: e.g. #1 - Formal arguments may be presented reconciling "free will" and "determinism" - proposing that subjective experience of "control" is illusion/vanity (evolutionary advantage maybe etc) and that what actually happens is our resistance or acquiescence wrt the countless "invitations" that life throws at us moment by moment. Unfortunately, the idea of unreconciled (incompatibilist) free will fares worse than reconciled (compatibilist) free will, contrary to our libertarian instincts; that is to say, neither of these ideas are very satisfying. Likewise, acceptance that there is no free will is even less satisfying (due to it's implications for moral responsibility and human dignity). Nonetheless, I don't see how this is an example of where the truth may lie "in between" -- rather, you have free will or you don't (a binary condition). manueljenkin, AudioDoctor and botrytis 2 1 mQa is dead! Link to comment
lucretius Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 2 hours ago, AnotherSpin said: If you have a free will could you choose your next thought? If I could choose my next thought, then it must be the case that I could choose to choose my next thought. But herein lies a regress that always ends in darkness. This morning, I looked out the window and the sun was shining and I smiled. No need for words, my friend. mQa is dead! Link to comment
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