RE: Another Free-will poll, please bear with me!
May 26, 2015 at 10:52 am
(This post was last modified: May 26, 2015 at 10:57 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Other - though, technically, on the spectrum of determinism. I think that our traditional folklore regarding this topic has tainted the well, leading us to propose hypothetical explanations for non-sensical questions. I do not think that free-will exists as we so often describe it, or that our decision making process -as we describe it- is representative of the actual method employed (as such there's nothing to be compatable -with-). However, I do not think that determinism removes our ability to "make decisions", I think that we have framed the discussion in such a way as to dismiss what we actually do -as- "making decisions", instead, preferring the folklore explanation of how a decision can be made, or what must be true in order for a decision -to be possible-.
-"If determinism holds, is true, then we are incapable of making decisions"
This would be nonsense, regardless of whether or not determinism holds we still have that experience. I propose that we do not require free will in order to possess that attribute or to have that experience.
-"If determinism holds, is true, then we are incapable of making decisions"
This would be nonsense, regardless of whether or not determinism holds we still have that experience. I propose that we do not require free will in order to possess that attribute or to have that experience.
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