RE: The burden of proof relating to conciousness, free choice and rationality
March 3, 2012 at 11:07 am
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2012 at 11:10 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 2, 2012 at 3:17 pm)marx_2012 Wrote: If free will does not exist.
If the nature of the laws of the universe governs all the matter internal and external of your body.
And your interpretations of the world are reliant on the matter in your brain/body.
Then the interpretations of your brain are by extension governed by the laws of the universe. Not by 'you'.
'You' cannot separate yourself from the matter external of your body.
Therefore 'you' as an object cannot be found.
"Or perhaps it's just in my nature."
You cannot have a nature for you cannot find yourself. Literally!
Last two lines are a complete non-sequitur. No dice (and not even close to relevant to what you're trying to argue in the first place)
"If" the laws of the universe govern all of the matter internal and external? "If"? What fantasyland are you living in that some matter internal or external to your body can circumvent or ignore the laws governing the universe? Care to demonstrate such feats of magic? See, you don't need a well thought out argument to prove such a notion, it could simply be demonstrated.
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