Apologies for double-posting. My dial-up account is rather unreliable. Jonathan Colvin > Norman Samish wrote: > > If "free will" simply means "self-determination" then Jonathan is > > right, and to the extent we are self-determined we have > free will. He > > says, "the only relevant question as to whether our will is free is > > whether our conscious minds (our selves) determine our actions." > > > > But what about the sufferers of schizophrenia who Stathis > Papaioannou > > referred to? They exercise self-determination, and their > mental state > > is such that their actions, at least in some cases, are completely > > predictable. > > Do they have free will? > >JC: I don't see that the actions of schizophrenia patients are > any more predicatable than yours or mine. In fact, people > suffering from this disease are often *less* predictable > (which is why schizophrenia can sometimes be dangerous). To
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