(October 13, 2019 at 10:48 pm)Grandizer Wrote:(October 13, 2019 at 10:24 pm)Acrobat Wrote: What ultimately assigns values and meaning in a deterministic universe?
Could be that ultimately, the answer is contingent beings with consciousness. It could be argued that consciousness is a mark of advanced limitedness.
So are you trying to suggest that consciousness, conscious thoughts are not subject to determinism? Free of the shackles of such constraints?
That the reason why I contemplate x, isn’t caused by preceding factors?