Unless the free will believers are predestined to change their minds after
being convined about determinism...
sorry about that, it was pre-determined that I would write this reply...
Jason
3 credits away from a philosophy minor and still no clue.
Darryl Shannon wrote:
> Here's the thing about determinism. If you believe in determinism
> there is no point in trying to convince other people that it
> exists...since they are predestined to believe in free will.
>
> It seems to me that the determinism/free will argument is a one way
> ratchet, like logic/no logic. If you don't accept logic then there's
> no reason to try to convince you to accept logic...since you would
> reject any logical arguments as worthless. Same thing with
> determinism. Maybe determinism is true, but if it is, why would anyone
> care?
>
> The only reasonable choice is to accept both logic and free will. Kind
> of my own personal version of Pascal's wager.
>
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> Darryl
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