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Free Will
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RE: Free Will
(December 26, 2012 at 1:45 am)Jaxl Wrote: In the context of atheism, is there such a thing as free will?

Yes.

(December 26, 2012 at 1:45 am)Jaxl Wrote: Or are all decisions made simply the result of neurons, dendrites, action potentials, and molecules bouncing around in my head?

Yes, that's true as well.

(December 26, 2012 at 3:29 am)Zen Badger Wrote: Since the actions of emergent systems can never be accurately modelled there is always room for random chance.

As an emergent system the mind is capable of random and therefore unpredictable actions.

Therefore freewill exists.

I disagree with your premise that existence of freewill requires the capacity for random and unpredictable actions.
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Messages In This Thread
Free Will - by Jaxl - December 26, 2012 at 1:45 am
RE: Free Will - by Zen Badger - December 26, 2012 at 3:29 am
RE: Free Will - by genkaus - December 26, 2012 at 5:32 am
RE: Free Will - by Zen Badger - December 26, 2012 at 8:28 am
RE: Free Will - by genkaus - December 26, 2012 at 10:11 am
RE: Free Will - by pocaracas - December 26, 2012 at 8:27 am
RE: Free Will - by Beeblebrox - December 26, 2012 at 7:19 pm
RE: Free Will - by Minimalist - December 26, 2012 at 7:34 pm
RE: Free Will - by Cyberman - December 27, 2012 at 1:50 am
RE: Free Will - by Whateverist - December 27, 2012 at 2:12 am
RE: Free Will - by The Grand Nudger - December 27, 2012 at 2:51 am
RE: Free Will - by Cyberman - December 27, 2012 at 7:25 pm
RE: Free Will - by Brian37 - December 27, 2012 at 8:16 am
RE: Free Will - by Whateverist - December 27, 2012 at 9:03 am
RE: Free Will - by Brian37 - December 28, 2012 at 7:49 am
RE: Free Will - by Whateverist - December 28, 2012 at 11:13 am
RE: Free Will - by Brian37 - December 29, 2012 at 6:53 pm
RE: Free Will - by Whateverist - December 29, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Free Will - by Zen Badger - December 27, 2012 at 8:51 am
RE: Free Will - by genkaus - December 27, 2012 at 9:44 am
RE: Free Will - by Zen Badger - December 27, 2012 at 11:28 pm
RE: Free Will - by genkaus - December 28, 2012 at 7:19 am
RE: Free Will - by The Grand Nudger - December 28, 2012 at 9:00 am
RE: Free Will - by KichigaiNeko - December 29, 2012 at 11:30 am
RE: Free Will - by BGChuckLee - January 5, 2013 at 4:39 am
RE: Free Will - by Whateverist - January 5, 2013 at 4:52 am
RE: Free Will - by BGChuckLee - January 5, 2013 at 4:55 am
RE: Free Will - by Whateverist - January 5, 2013 at 5:05 am
RE: Free Will - by KichigaiNeko - January 5, 2013 at 6:18 am
RE: Free Will - by Zen Badger - January 5, 2013 at 5:15 am
RE: Free Will - by Esquilax - January 5, 2013 at 6:09 am
RE: Free Will - by Cyberman - January 5, 2013 at 3:01 pm



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