(September 1, 2012 at 10:23 pm)spockrates Wrote:(September 1, 2012 at 10:13 pm)idunno Wrote: Sure, the underlying premise of the dilemma is that free will necessitates multiple options. I've cited Harry Frankfurt's work to show that this is not true:
I don't understand. Why is the fact that freewill necessitates multiple options necessarily a dilemma?
If He knows what you will do in advance, you can't do anything but what He knows. In other words, you can't really choose the apple instead of the orange if He knows you'll choose the orange. But, as is normally thought, free will demands that we be able to choose the apple. However, this is not true in light of Frankfurt's work.