RE: "Free Will" Belief/Disbelief Poll
October 15, 2010 at 9:19 am
(This post was last modified: October 15, 2010 at 12:24 pm by ib.me.ub.)
@EvidenceVsFaith, I would like to publicly extend an apology to you for the things I said earlier in this post. It was uncalled for & unthoughful, so, I am sorry.
If anyone would like to comment on my apology, please feel free!
Yes, other animals possess it as well.
Yes.
Please show your references. I can find nothing about 'caused will'.
If anyone would like to comment on my apology, please feel free!
(October 14, 2010 at 3:46 pm)theVOID Wrote: Do animals have free will too, or is this something that only evolved in us?
Yes, other animals possess it as well.
theVoid Wrote:Does it apply to elephants and apes that have a distinct sense of self?
Yes.
theVoid Wrote:The idea i just described has been known for hundreds of years as the idea of caused will, which is not free.
Please show your references. I can find nothing about 'caused will'.
Chuck Wrote:Do you distinguish between random will and free will?
wikianswers Wrote:Random Will, as defined by Evans Boney in 2009, is a redefinition of "free will" as defined by "self-generated actions". This is pursuant to a Nature correspondence on Free Will in which Heisenberg (the author) claims that microscopic chance can lead to "self-generated actions" and thus free will. The change in nomenclature (to 'random will') is meant to emphasize that, while not deterministic, certain processes are also better not termed "free will", as that confuses the issue of philosophical interest.
