RE: Do you believe in free will?
March 16, 2012 at 6:16 am
(This post was last modified: March 16, 2012 at 6:16 am by NoMoreFaith.)
Honestly Genkaus, I think we do. I think the only person confused is yourself, and I don't want to offend. (Hell with free will, we're all confused to a certain extent).
Your definitions comply with determinism, but no matter what you do, you still make a non-sequitor leap to free will because the "agent" appears to make a choice.
You have not successfully defined how the agent is different from the illusion of it, and I know we're starting to retread old ground. So I don't expect you to respond beyond what you have done already.
I'm starting to suspect a level of argumentum ad temperantiam. Taking a position between the two sharply contrasting views yet with no evident veracity of the claim.
Your definitions comply with determinism, but no matter what you do, you still make a non-sequitor leap to free will because the "agent" appears to make a choice.
You have not successfully defined how the agent is different from the illusion of it, and I know we're starting to retread old ground. So I don't expect you to respond beyond what you have done already.
I'm starting to suspect a level of argumentum ad temperantiam. Taking a position between the two sharply contrasting views yet with no evident veracity of the claim.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
