RE: Determinism Is Self Defeating
July 9, 2013 at 7:04 pm
(This post was last modified: July 9, 2013 at 7:07 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 9, 2013 at 6:48 pm)bennyboy Wrote: The problem is that you can only detect physical processes. The whole process of using science to study mind is a giant question-begging one, because you already accept that mind is a physical process.
That's not much of a problem at all. Assume fairies in the case of the mind-no...really, assume them, and it won't matter. Determinism isn't a position on whether or not you're a clock or a golem. It's interested in how the clock or golem behaves. It's not even a position on -why- or -how- things behave in such a manner.
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