RE: The Problem of Good
January 9, 2016 at 6:09 pm
(This post was last modified: January 9, 2016 at 6:21 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 9, 2016 at 5:17 pm)orangebox21 Wrote: By what mechanism is there causation?
It doesn't matter, there is no reason to speculate. -However- such causation was arrived upon..and even if there is no such -thing- as causation... she cannot make another choice. Otherwise, you would not and could not have knowledge.
Quote:This is precisely the issue. If foreknowledge of a choice does not determine what choice is made but is solely the knowledge of what choice will be made [as my illustration] then foreknowledge and free-will are compatible. If you are going to claim that foreknowledge of a choice determines which choice is made (and therefore foreknowledge and free-will are incompatible), then you will need to show the mechanism by which foreknowledge is the cause of the choice not an observation of it.-again it does not matter...the possession of foreknowledge is the issue, not the manner in which it is arrived upon, or who has it.
Quote:Again, knowing what future events will take place does not mean a person has determined [caused] them to happen. You've shown correlation, but not causality between foreknowledge and determinism.-yet again..and as I already expressed in the post you've quoted............I am not claiming that, nor does such a claim bear relevance. Foreknowledge and free will are incompatible. If you want to discuss causal agents, be my guest, but don't pretend to be having that conversation with me, or that such a conversation is contained in my comments.
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