RE: Determinism Is Self Defeating
July 14, 2013 at 9:20 pm
(This post was last modified: July 14, 2013 at 9:23 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 14, 2013 at 9:12 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Anyway, if philosophical determinism is being based on physical evidence and scientific logic, then consider this: bursts of energy from events on distant stars aren't predictable. We have evidence of such bursts, and assume that such bursts will occur again in our future, but absolutely cannot predict them. This means that we have to account for such bursts in any fine-tuned calculations we're doing, which will therefore be probabilistic at best, or purely chaotic at worst.Which is all fine and well. We have to play with the hand we're dealt, obviously.
Quote:So I don't think using physical observations as evidence of determinism works at all. We're stuck with a philosophical approach.A philosophical approach to evidence of determinism? That's pretty much what the thread has been, thusfar.
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