(October 13, 2019 at 11:09 pm)Acrobat Wrote:(October 13, 2019 at 10:48 pm)Grandizer Wrote: 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?
Not necessarily, no.
You could accept hard determinism and still argue for the counterargument I stated in my previous post. The existence of consciousness may be contingent on prior factors that aren't conscious or aren't ultimately contingent on the conscious.