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Free will and the necessary evil
RE: Free will and the necessary evil
(November 5, 2022 at 1:14 pm)Jehanne Wrote:
(November 5, 2022 at 12:58 pm)Angrboda Wrote: What about it?

Thomas Reid stated, "That whatever begins to exist must have a cause which produced it...":

Thomas Reid: Theory of Action

Modern physicists reject such statements, as I suspect, do most modern day philosophers.  Hawking Radiation is one example of modern physics informing philosophy.

You seem to want to have your cake and eat it, too. Here you're telling me that physics has shown a metaphysical proposition to be false. A few posts ago you were arguing that metaphysical propositions could not be shown to be false. You're talking out of both sides of your mouth, Jehanne.
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Free will and the necessary evil - by Mystical - October 30, 2022 at 11:23 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by zebo-the-fat - October 30, 2022 at 11:36 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Mystical - October 30, 2022 at 11:43 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - October 30, 2022 at 1:55 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Mystical - October 30, 2022 at 2:28 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - October 30, 2022 at 2:45 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Anomalocaris - October 31, 2022 at 1:59 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - October 31, 2022 at 6:36 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Angrboda - October 30, 2022 at 1:20 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Orbit - October 30, 2022 at 1:24 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Mystical - October 30, 2022 at 2:28 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Angrboda - October 30, 2022 at 3:01 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 30, 2022 at 3:26 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by LinuxGal - October 30, 2022 at 8:02 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Belacqua - October 31, 2022 at 1:30 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 30, 2022 at 1:45 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - October 30, 2022 at 4:14 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 30, 2022 at 5:20 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - October 30, 2022 at 8:57 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by LadyForCamus - October 30, 2022 at 9:15 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - October 30, 2022 at 9:24 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Belacqua - October 31, 2022 at 1:23 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 31, 2022 at 4:19 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Silver - October 30, 2022 at 9:23 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Ranjr - October 30, 2022 at 11:27 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 31, 2022 at 6:42 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by The Grand Nudger - October 31, 2022 at 7:52 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 31, 2022 at 10:59 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 1, 2022 at 8:33 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by The Grand Nudger - November 1, 2022 at 8:01 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Neo-Scholastic - November 1, 2022 at 10:23 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 1, 2022 at 12:00 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Neo-Scholastic - November 1, 2022 at 5:09 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 1, 2022 at 5:11 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Neo-Scholastic - November 1, 2022 at 9:46 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 1, 2022 at 9:58 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by HankMoody316 - November 2, 2022 at 2:48 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 2, 2022 at 3:55 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by LinuxGal - November 2, 2022 at 3:19 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by HankMoody316 - November 2, 2022 at 11:52 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 3, 2022 at 5:06 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by LinuxGal - November 5, 2022 at 11:08 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 1, 2022 at 12:05 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by h4ym4n - November 1, 2022 at 10:12 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Pat Mustard - November 1, 2022 at 10:56 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by The Grand Nudger - November 1, 2022 at 3:43 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 1, 2022 at 3:57 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by The Grand Nudger - November 1, 2022 at 10:03 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 2, 2022 at 5:08 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Gwaithmir - November 2, 2022 at 8:00 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by The Grand Nudger - November 2, 2022 at 8:14 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Silver - November 2, 2022 at 8:21 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 2, 2022 at 8:31 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by The Grand Nudger - November 2, 2022 at 11:23 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by The Grand Nudger - November 3, 2022 at 12:13 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Silver - November 3, 2022 at 12:15 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by HankMoody316 - November 3, 2022 at 12:56 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Belacqua - November 3, 2022 at 1:50 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Angrboda - November 3, 2022 at 8:48 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Neo-Scholastic - November 3, 2022 at 11:56 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 4, 2022 at 5:56 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Belacqua - November 4, 2022 at 6:13 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 4, 2022 at 6:16 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Belacqua - November 4, 2022 at 6:33 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 4, 2022 at 6:35 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Belacqua - November 4, 2022 at 6:39 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 4, 2022 at 8:16 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Belacqua - November 4, 2022 at 8:28 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 4, 2022 at 8:33 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Belacqua - November 4, 2022 at 8:38 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 4, 2022 at 8:54 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Belacqua - November 4, 2022 at 9:10 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 4, 2022 at 9:26 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Angrboda - November 4, 2022 at 9:39 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 4, 2022 at 10:00 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Angrboda - November 4, 2022 at 10:48 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 4, 2022 at 11:36 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Angrboda - November 4, 2022 at 12:23 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 4, 2022 at 12:44 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Angrboda - November 4, 2022 at 2:31 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 4, 2022 at 2:51 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Angrboda - November 5, 2022 at 10:32 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by LinuxGal - November 5, 2022 at 10:46 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 5, 2022 at 12:48 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Angrboda - November 5, 2022 at 12:58 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 5, 2022 at 1:14 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Angrboda - November 5, 2022 at 4:44 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 5, 2022 at 5:00 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Angrboda - November 5, 2022 at 5:15 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 5, 2022 at 5:57 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Angrboda - November 5, 2022 at 8:07 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 5, 2022 at 8:23 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by LinuxGal - November 5, 2022 at 6:20 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by LinuxGal - December 16, 2022 at 8:36 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - December 16, 2022 at 9:17 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by HankMoody316 - November 6, 2022 at 3:00 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Belacqua - November 6, 2022 at 3:08 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by HankMoody316 - November 6, 2022 at 3:21 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Belacqua - November 6, 2022 at 3:45 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 6, 2022 at 6:53 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Nay_Sayer - November 6, 2022 at 2:05 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by HankMoody316 - November 6, 2022 at 4:35 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Belacqua - November 6, 2022 at 7:24 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Nay_Sayer - November 6, 2022 at 2:04 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by HankMoody316 - November 6, 2022 at 4:44 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Nay_Sayer - November 6, 2022 at 5:49 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by The Grand Nudger - November 3, 2022 at 12:20 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Silver - November 3, 2022 at 12:40 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by The Grand Nudger - November 3, 2022 at 1:08 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by HankMoody316 - November 3, 2022 at 1:41 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 3, 2022 at 4:37 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by arewethereyet - November 3, 2022 at 2:00 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Ranjr - November 3, 2022 at 9:01 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by purplepurpose - November 3, 2022 at 2:27 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by The Grand Nudger - November 4, 2022 at 8:49 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Ahriman - November 4, 2022 at 10:57 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 4, 2022 at 11:02 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by The Grand Nudger - November 4, 2022 at 12:43 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by The Grand Nudger - November 4, 2022 at 12:59 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 4, 2022 at 1:02 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by arewethereyet - November 4, 2022 at 2:54 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Jehanne - November 4, 2022 at 2:57 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Ahriman - November 4, 2022 at 5:13 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by LadyForCamus - November 4, 2022 at 6:03 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Ranjr - November 5, 2022 at 12:40 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by LinuxGal - November 5, 2022 at 10:12 am
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Ranjr - November 6, 2022 at 2:20 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by The Grand Nudger - November 6, 2022 at 2:45 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by Ranjr - November 6, 2022 at 8:27 pm
RE: Free will and the necessary evil - by arewethereyet - November 6, 2022 at 8:18 pm

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