RE: Is free will real?
December 25, 2014 at 1:40 pm
(This post was last modified: December 25, 2014 at 1:41 pm by Mudhammam.)
(December 25, 2014 at 1:42 am)bennyboy Wrote: The same goes for free will. It doesn't matter if the universe is deterministic or indeterministic, or if there is any mechanism for agency beyond the material. In the context of human existence, there are choices, and I make these choices as an expression of my personality, my memories, and my senses. The choice is imbued in every possible way with my existence. How I got my personality, my memories or my sense impressions, and exactly what they are in scientific terms, is irrelevant-- I have free will because my choices are an expression of my humanity."I make these choices as an expression of my personality" is correct, but in reductionist terms it simply means, "the strongest sensation, whether it's a thought or an instinct, brings about subsequent change."
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
