(March 16, 2012 at 8:09 pm)R-e-n-n-a-t Wrote: I consider 'free will' the capability of nature and nurture to make you pursue a course, so therefore it exists based upon my materialist definition.
Yep, I get it. But its no longer "free" will.
There seems to be a lot of twisting of language in order to avoid admissions that we are not free.
I don't mean that negatively, simply put, we want to think of ourselves as free agents, but perhaps its enough to accept the illusion of free will, and quite literally not think about it too much
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm