RE: Do you believe in free will?
March 26, 2012 at 8:56 am
(This post was last modified: March 26, 2012 at 9:12 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Sounds reasonable, now can we establish such a capacity? Can you demonstrate that you are able to change your mind? Can you eliminate the possibility that your mind is changing you? Establish yourself as an agent, and not an effect. It seems like you're glossing over this, attempting to judge relative capacity before establishing that there is anything to possess such a capacity in the first place. So what if "action" would cease to hold any meaning? I think you mean that it would cease to hold the meaning you prefer. But again, so what? The world around us isn't so invested in the meanings of things as we are, and many a "thing" has lost meaning when subjected to further inquiry.
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