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The burden of proof relating to conciousness, free choice and rationality
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RE: The burden of proof relating to conciousness, free choice and rationality
March 8, 2012 at 11:16 am
(March 7, 2012 at 10:56 pm)marx_2012 Wrote: Discussing the denial of free will is the equivalent to ...

... assuming the other party has some choice in whether or not they believe in free will? If the many influences which go into forming us account for all our actions, wouldn't they also dispose us either to believe we do have free will or that we don't? If so, why discuss it? It isn't as though the other party has any ability to change their belief. At the same time, shouldn't you acknowledge that your own beliefs are unreasoned and simply a given stemming from who the environment has made you to be? Maybe we simply have no choice but to go on discussing it regardless of the futility .. unless of course we do have some wiggle room in our willing.
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RE: The burden of proof relating to conciousness, free choice and rationality - by Whateverist - March 8, 2012 at 11:16 am

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