On 30 May 2012 04:16, Stephen P. King <stephe...@charter.net> wrote: > I think that the word "free" means that it is unconstrained by a pre-given > or knowable function; it is not the result of a known computational process.
I'm sorry if my point was not clear. I simply meant that we can define "arbitrary", if we wish, to mean neither random nor constrained by law. Then, simply by convention, an arbitrary choice is freely willed. But this cannot by itself exhaust the analysis of any particular agency because, as you say, we cannot be certain that it is not constrained by some unknown or unknowable computational process. Some particular agent can only be known to be free, in this sense, to some limit. Consequently, I don't see how we can argue from the limitations of mathematicians as agents to the metaphysics of mathematics. David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
