Hmmm.. well, it looks to me like he just redefines free will in a way that makes it unproblematic, but doesn't really match with most peoples' intuitive feeling about free will....
Saying "A has free will to B if B can't predict what A does" is all very well, but the intuitive notion of most people is that their free will is independent of who's observing them.... So the kind of free will his argument provides, is not the kind that most people intuitively feel like they have... -- Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of David Hart > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 3:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [agi] ESR on philosophy of mind, free will, computability and > complexity theory > > > Hi, > > Eric Raymond (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond) has a > interesting short essay in his blog entitled "Predictability, > Computability, and Free Will". > > http://esr.ibiblio.org/index.php?m=200410#161 > > ESR has independently re-invented similar lines of thought to Wolfram, > Dennett, and others, but with his own angle. An interesting and concise > read. > > -dave > > ------- > To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate > your subscription, > please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
